Elemental fish tissue contamination in northeastern U.S. Lakes: Evaluation of an approach to regional assessment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1875-1884

  Yeardley Jr , Roger B ^a   Lazorchak, James M ^b   Paulsen, Steven G ^b  

^a SOBRAN INC   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Elements; Fish tissue; Lakes; Regional assessment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LAKE WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543029807     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620170931     Document Type: Article

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