Isomers of dechlorane plus in Lake Winnipeg and Lake Ontario food webs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2249-2254

  Tomy, Gregg T ^a,b   Pleskach, Kerri ^a   Ismail, Nargis ^a   Whittle, D Michael ^c   Helm, Paul A ^d   Sverko, E D ^e   Zaruk, Donna ^e   Marvin, Chris H ^e  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ISOMERS; MEAN CONCENTRATION; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATION FACTOR(TMF);

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE; DECHLORANE; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANADA; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIFFUSION; ISOMERIZATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SIZE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MANITOBA; ONTARIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE WINNIPEG; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

DIPOREIA; HIODON ALOSOIDES; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 34247129257     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062781v     Document Type: Article

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