Chlorinated hydrocarbons in livers of American mink (Mustela vison) and river otter (Lutra canadensis) from the Columbia and Fraser River basins, 1990-1992

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-252

  Elliott, J E ^a   Henny, C J ^b   Harris, M L ^c   Wilson, L K ^a   Norstrom, R J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Environment Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Mink; Organochlorines; Otter; PLBS; TCDD

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ETHERS; IMPURITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIBENZOFURAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; RIVER WATER; WOOD PROTECTING AGENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CARNIVORA; LIVER; MINK; NONHUMAN; PULP MILL; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION; WINTER;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033058147     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005919725832     Document Type: Article

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