Effect of microbes on contaminant transfer in the lake superior food web

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9500-9508

  Hudson, Matthew J ^a   Swackhamer, Deborah L ^a   Cotner, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; LAKES; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER;

AQUATIC HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; BACTERIAL FRACTION; CONTAMINANT TRANSFER; FOOD WEBS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CARBON; HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; OCTANOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

FOOD WEB; LAKE DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FOOD WEB; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE; MICROORGANISM; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT LAKES REGION; MICHIGAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 29244473867     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0506096     Document Type: Article

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