Toxicity and bioaccumulation of tributyltin in Hyalella azteca from freshwater harbour sediments in the Great Lakes Basin, Canada

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1243-1253

  Bartlett, Adrienne J ^a,c   Borgmann, Uwe ^b   Dixon, D George ^a   Batchelor, Suzanne P ^b   Maguire, R James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; TRIBUTYLTIN;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 27144453618     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-035     Document Type: Article

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