Spatial extent, magnitude, and patterns of persistent organochlorine pollutants in Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) populations in the Puget Sound (USA) and Strait of Georgia (Canada)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 369-378

  West, James E ^a   O'Neill, Sandra M ^a   Ylitalo, Gina M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DDTs; Hexachlorobenzene; Pacific herring; PCBs; Persistent organic pollutants; Puget Sound; Strait of Georgia

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; LIPIDS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING MAP; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP); STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

AIR POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC HERRING; POLLUTANT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHERRY POINT; NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 40849130775     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.027     Document Type: Article

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