Tracing salmon-derived nutrients and contaminants in freshwater food webs across a pronounced spawner density gradient

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1100-1108

  Gregory Eaves, Irene ^a,b   Demers, Marc J ^b   Kimpe, Lynda ^b   Krümmel, Eva M ^b   Macdonald, Robie W ^c   Finney, Bruce P ^d   Blais, Jules M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotransport; Food web; Persistent organic pollutants; Salmon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOTRANSPORT; FOOD WEB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SALMON; STABLE ISOTOPES;

NUTRIENTS;

ANADROMY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SALMONID; SPAWNING POPULATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SALMON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; REPRODUCTION; SALMON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 34250659838     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-402R.1     Document Type: Article

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