Spatial and temporal trends of contaminants in Canadian Arctic freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems: A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 145-207

  Braune, B ^a   Muir, D ^a,b   DeMarch, B ^b   Gamberg, M ^c   Poole, K ^d,k   Currie, R ^b   Dodd, M ^e   Duschenko, W ^e   Eamer, J ^a   Elkin, B ^d   Evans, M ^a   Grundy, S ^e   Hebert, C ^a   Johnstone, R ^f   Kidd, K ^b   Koenig, B ^g   Lockhart, L ^b   Marshall, H ^h   Reimer, K ⁱ   Sanderson, J ^j   Shutt, L ^a   more..

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Gamberg Consulting   (Canada)

^d Dept Rsrc Wildl Economic Devmt   (Canada)

^e ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^j Government of Canada   (Canada)

^k Timberland Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Biological implications; Canadian Arctic; Chemical contaminants; Freshwaters; Hydrocarbons; Metals; Organochlorines; Radionuclides; Terrestrial ecosystem

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CAMPHECLOR; CESIUM; CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; FLUORENE; HEAVY METAL; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; MIREX; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADIOISOTOPE; SELENIUM; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIVER; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 0033038615     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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