Are PCB levels in fish from the Canadian Great Lakes still declining?

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 592-605

  Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a,b   Jackson, Donald A ^a   Hayton, Alan ^b   Reiner, Eric J ^b   Chen, Tony ^b   Bodnar, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorinated organic contaminant; Fish; Laurentian Great Lakes; Long term trend; PCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; LAKES; PROBABILITY;

CHLORINATED ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; FISH CONSUMPTION; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; PCB; PERCID; SALMONID;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE HURON; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 35548976291     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[592:APLIFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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