Differential accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in the aquatic food web at the Kalamazoo River superfund site, Michigan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5964-5974

  Kay, Denise P ^a   Blankenship, Alan L ^a,b   Coady, Katherine K ^a   Neigh, Arianne M ^b   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^b   Millsap, Stephanie D ^b,c   Strause, Karl ^b   Park, Cyrus ^b   Bradley, Patrick ^b   Newsted, John L ^a,b   Jones, Paul D ^b   Giesy, John P ^b,d  

^a ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOODS; IMPURITIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS;

AQUATIC PLANTS; BIOACCUMULATION; FLOOD PLAINS; MAMMALS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; PCB;

AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG; FISH; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASON; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; MICHIGAN; PASSERIFORMES; PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SEASONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

KALAMAZOO COUNTY; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; TACHYCINETA;

EID: 23844520923     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048317c     Document Type: Article

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