Time trends (1983-1999) for organochlorines and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) from lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1632-1641

  Chernyak, Sergei M ^a   Rice, Clifford P ^b   Quintal, Richard T ^a   Begnoche, Linda J ^a   Hickey, James P ^a   Vinyard, Bryan T ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Rainbow smelt; Time trends; Toxaphene

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; LAKES; RAIN;

LAKE MICHIGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE); RAINBOW SMELT;

POLYETHERS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; DIPHENYL ETHER; LAKE WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; SALMONID; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OSMERIFORMES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 21444452677     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-390R.1     Document Type: Article

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