Bioaccumulation of toxaphene congeners in the lake superior food web

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 316-340

  Muir, Derek C G ^a   Whittle, D Michael ^b   De Vault, David S ^c   Bronte, Charles R ^d,f   Karlsson, Heidi ^a,e   Backus, Sean ^a   Teixeira, Camilla ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

^c Ecological Services   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e BIOVITRUM AB   (Sweden)

^f US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; Chlorobornanes; Food web; Lake herring; Lake trout; Rainbow smelt; Siskiwit Lake; Stable isotopes; Toxaphene

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEBS;

LAKES;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

GREAT LAKES; ISLE ROYALE; LAKE SUPERIOR; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; COREGONUS; COREGONUS ARTEDI; COTTUS; COTTUS COGNATUS; INVERTEBRATA; MYSIS; MYSIS RELICTA; OMERUS MORDAX; OSMERUS MORDAX; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 3843105572     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(04)70350-0     Document Type: Article

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