A comparison of organic contaminants in two high Arctic lake ecosystems, Bjørnøya (Bear Island), Norway

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 318, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 125-141

  Evenset, Anita ^a   Christensen, Guttorm N ^a   Skotvold, Trond ^a   Fjeld, Eirik ^a   Schlabach, Martin ^b   Wartena, Elleke ^a   Gregor, Dennis ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MDA Consulting Limited Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic char; Biotransport; Bj rn ya; Guano; Long range transport; Persistent organic pollutants; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP);

ECOSYSTEMS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; GUANO; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NORWAY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; BJORNOYA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0344493771     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00365-6     Document Type: Article

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