Spatial and temporal trends of contaminants in terrestrial biota from the Canadian Arctic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 351-352, Issue , 2005, Pages 148-164

  Gamberg, Mary ^a   Braune, Birgit ^b   Davey, Eric ^c   Elkin, Brett ^d   Hoekstra, Paul F ^e,i   Kennedy, David ^d,j   Macdonald, Colin ^f   Muir, Derek ^g   Nirwal, Amar ^h   Wayland, Mark ^g   Zeeb, Barbara ^h  

^a Gamberg Consulting   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Athabasca Tribal Council   (Canada)

^d Northwest Territories Department of Resources Wildlife and Economic Development   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f Northern Environmental Consulting   (Canada)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^j Environment and Renewable Resources   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Arctic; Arctic fox; Cadmium; Canadian Arctic; Caribou; Contaminant; Mercury; Moose; Organochlorines; Terrestrial ecosystem; Trace metals; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD MINES; IMPURITIES;

MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; TERRESTRIAL BIOTA;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

CADMIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; COPPER; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARCTIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CARNIVORE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; COPPER METABOLISM; DUCK; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KIDNEY; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOOSE; NEMATODE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINDEER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARSENIC; BIRDS; CANADA; CARNIVORA; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS; RODENTIA; SELENIUM; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANAS; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 28444464834     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.10.032     Document Type: Review

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