Assessing trends in organochlorine concentrations in Lake Winnipeg fish following the 1997 red river flood

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 332-354

  Stewart, A Robin ^a,c   Stern, Gary A ^a   Lockhart, W Lyle ^a   Kidd, Karen A ^a   Salki, Alex G ^a   Stainton, Michael P ^a   Koczanski, Krystyna ^a   Rosenberg, G Bruno ^a   Savoie, Dan A ^a   Billeck, Brian N ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; DDT; Floods; Food webs; PCB

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTS;

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP);

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; EPISODIC EVENT; FISH; FLOOD; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE;

CANADA; LAKE WINNIPEG; MANITOBA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LOTA LOTA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0038349058     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0380-1330(03)70438-9     Document Type: Article

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