Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in plasma and the embryonic development in Lake Erie water snakes (Nerodia sipedon insularum) from Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada (1999)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 452-457

  Bishop, C A ^a   Rouse, J D ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; LAKE WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BODY MASS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PLASMA; SNAKE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; ONTARIO; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM; RUMEX; SERPENTES;

EID: 33748200783     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0181-2     Document Type: Article

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