Additional link in the food web does not biomagnify a persistent contaminant in Lake Ontario: The case of Cercopagis pengoi

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-218

  Thompson, Elizabeth ^a,b   Makarewicz, Joseph C ^a   Lewis, Theodore W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewife; Biomagnification; Cercopagis; Food web; Lake Ontario; Mirex; Stomach analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; HYDROCARBONS;

CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; MIREX CONCENTRATIONS; PELAGIC FOOD WEB;

LAKES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CERCOPAGIS; CERCOPAGIS PENGOI;

EID: 21344467446     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(05)70251-3     Document Type: Article

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