Species differences in contaminants in fish on and adjacent to the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee

Environmental Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-155

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Campbell, Kym Rouse ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cadmus Group Inc   (United States)

^c Biological Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Bass; Cadmium; Clinch River; Contaminants; Department of Energy; Fish; Lead; Mercury; Oak Ridge Reservation; Poplar Creek; Selenium; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CESIUM 137; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HEAVY METAL; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRIPED BASS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PERCIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENNESSEE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

NORTH AMERICA; OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

CHRYSOPS; MORONE; MORONE CHRYSOPS; MORONE SAXATILIS; POMOXIS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 4344610460     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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