Characterization of contaminants in snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) from Canadian Lake Erie Areas of Concern: St. Clair River, Detroit River, and Wheatley Harbour

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-112

  De Solla, Shane R ^a   Fernie, Kimberly J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body burdens; Eggs; Environmental guidelines; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHANNEL FLOW; IMPURITIES; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; TISSUE;

CONNECTING CHANNELS; SNAPPING TURTLES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AROCLOR 1260; DIOXIN; FURAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; PCB; PESTICIDE; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LAKE; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; TURTLE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; AROCLORS; CANADA; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; FURANS; GUIDELINES; INSECTICIDES; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 3242809600     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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