Concentrations and fluxes of salmon-derived polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in lake sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7020-7026

  Krümmel, Eva M ^a   Gregory Eaves, Irene ^c   Macdonald, Robie W ^b   Kimpe, Lynda E ^a   Demers, Marc J ^a   Smol, John P ^d   Finney, Bruce ^e   Blais, Jules M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

PCB CONCENTRATION; SALMON-DERIVED POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENT CORES; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

LEAD 210; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PCB; SALMONID; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; SALMON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SALMON; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 25144468932     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050657q     Document Type: Article

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