Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in dungeness crabs (Cancer magister) near an aluminum smelter in Kitimat Arm, British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-58

  Eickhoff, Curtis V ^a,b   He, Shao Xiong ^a   Gobas, Frank A P C ^a   Law, Francis C P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BC Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cancer magister; Dungeness crab; Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLLUTION EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSENE; DEUTERIUM; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOMONITORING; CRAB; PAH; SMELTING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; CRAB; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KITIMAT ARM;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CANCER MAGISTER; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037214054     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620220107     Document Type: Article

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