Historical deposition of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides to Lake Winnipeg (Canada)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-17

  Rawn, Dorothea F K ^a,c   Muir, Derek C G ^b,d   Savoie, Dan A ^b   Rosenberg, G Bruno ^b   Lockhart, W Lyle ^b   Wilkinson, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Environment Canada ^*  (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flux; HCH; PCBs; POPs; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LAKE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTACHLOROANISOLE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES(LAKE WINNIPEG);

EID: 0034010491     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(00)70669-1     Document Type: Article

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