Identifying sources and biomagnification of persistent organic contaminants in biota from mountain streams of southwestern British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8090-8098

  Morrissey, Christy A ^a   Bendell Young, Leah I ^a   Elliott, John E ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TRIBUTARIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NONACHLOR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RIVER WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; STREAMWATER;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; EGG; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INVERTEBRATES; ONCORHYNCHUS; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CINCLUS MEXICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 26944444670     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050431n     Document Type: Article

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