Organochlorine transfer in the food web of subalpine Bow Lake, Banff National Park

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1258-1269

  Campbell, Linda M ^a,d   Schindler, David W ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Donald, David B ^b   Kidd, Karen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSOPIUM WILLIAMSONI; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0033933107     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-067     Document Type: Article

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