Release of persistent organic contaminants from carcasses of Lake Ontario Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-113

  O'Toole, Shaun ^a   Metcalfe, Chris ^a   Craine, Ian ^b   Gross, Mart ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Ontario; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Organic pollutants; Organochlorines; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; LAKES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTION;

LAKE ONTARIO; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; ORGANOCHLORINES;

FISHERIES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; SALMONID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SPAWNING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SALMON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 30144435673     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.06.019     Document Type: Article

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