Distribution and burdens of bioaccumulative contaminants in the Lake Erie food web: A review

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-160

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a   Diamond, Miriam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulative contaminants; Food web; Lake Erie

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; FISHERIES; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; PRODUCTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AQUA SYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATIVE CONTAMINANTS; FOOD WEB; LAKE ERIE;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 2342546597     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a03-014     Document Type: Review

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