Polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations, congener profiles, and ratios in the fat tissue, eggs, and plasma of snapping turtles (Chelydra s. serpentina) from the Ohio Basin of Lake Erie, USA

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 270-286

  Dabrowska, H ^a,c   Fisher, S W ^a   Estenik, J ^b   Kidekhel, R ^b   Stromberg, P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INHIBITION; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA; EGG; GEOGRAPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; OHIO; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASHTABULA RIVER; BLACK RIVER [OHIO]; CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; OTTAWA RIVER; TOLEDO [OHIO]; UNITED STATES;

CHELYDRA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; TESTUDINES; TETRA;

EID: 33745250119     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0113-9     Document Type: Article

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