A statistical resampling method to calculate biomagnification factors exemplified with organochlorine data from herring (Clupea harengus) muscle and Guillemot (Uria aalge) egg from the baltic sea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8395-8402

  Lundstedt Enkel, Katrin ^a,b   Tysklind, Mats ^c   Trygg, Johan ^c   Schuller, Peter ^d   Asplund, Lillemor ^e   Eriksson, Ulla ^e   Häggberg, Lisbeth ^e   Odsjö, Tjelvar ^b   Hjelmberg, Mats ^b   Olsson, Mats ^b,e   Örberg, Jan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d InfiDyne AB   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATION; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS (OC); STANDARD DEVIATIONS (SD);

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',3,4,4',5,5' HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',5,5' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3'4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,4' TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEABIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HERRING; BALTIC SEA; BIRD; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; GUILLEMOT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIRDS; EGGS; FISHES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLES; POLYMERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 27644517527     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048415y     Document Type: Article

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