Endangered Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis): Sentinels of atmospherically delivered contaminants to British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 402-407

  Lichota, Gillian B ^a   McAdie, Malcolm ^b   Ross, Peter S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b c/o BC Min Water Land/Air Protect   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport; Persistent organic pollutants; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Vancouver Island marmot

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ETHERS; IMPURITIES; OILS AND FATS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONGENERS; FAT CONCENTRATIONS;

TOXICITY;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PCB; PESTICIDE; RODENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARMOTA VANCOUVERENSIS; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; SCIURIDAE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZOFURANS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MARMOTA; PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA VANCOUVERENSIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642539143     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-646     Document Type: Article

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