PCBs in sediments and the coastal food web near a local contaminant source in Saglek Bay, Labrador

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 351-352, Issue , 2005, Pages 264-284

  Kuzyk, Z A ^a   Stow, J P ^b   Burgess, N M ^c   Solomon, S M ^d   Reimer, K J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Government of Canada   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Canadian Arctic; Contaminant; Fish; Invertebrates; Labrador; Seabirds; Seals

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RADAR; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL FOOD WEB; CONTAMINATED BEACH;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLES; NEWFOUNDLAND; OVUM; PHOCA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS MARINUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS; PHOCA HISPIDA; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 28444464498     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.050     Document Type: Article

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