A comparison of contaminant dynamics in arctic and temperate fish: A modeling approach

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1328-1341

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a   Laposa, Rebecca ^a   Gandhi, Nilima ^a   Christensen, Guttorm N ^b   Evenset, Anita ^b   Gregor, Dennis ^c   Diamond, Miriam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Gartner Lee Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic lakes; Bioconcentration; Biomagnification; Fish contaminant model; Fish physiology; PCB

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARCTIC LAKES; BIOCONCENTRATION; BIOMAGNIFCATION; FISH CONTAMINANT MODEL; FISH PHYSIOLOGY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LAKE; LIPID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PCB;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CALIBRATION; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DYNAMICS; FISH; LAKE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TROUT LAKE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 33646180259     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.031     Document Type: Article

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