Temporal and spatial patterns of contaminants in Lake Erie watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon insularum) before and after the round goby (Apollonia melanostomus) invasion

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 344-351

  Fernie, K J ^a   King, R B ^b   Drouillard, K G ^c   Stanford, K M ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Erie watersnakes; Nerodia; p,p DDE; PCBs; Temporal and spatial contaminant trends

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AERIAL DEPOSITION; AVIAN PREDATORS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT LEVELS; CONTAMINATED DIET; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ERIE WATERSNAKES; NERODIA; OXYCHLORDANE; PCBS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ROUND GOBIES; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENT CONTAMINANTS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCING; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SPATIAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CONTAMINANT TRENDS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; TEMPORAL PATTERNING; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TROPHIC POSITION; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LAKE WATER; OXYCHLORDANE;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL FOOD; APOLLONIA MELANOSTUMUS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET; DREISSENA; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; MALE; NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VINEYARD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; PERCIFORMES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH BASS ISLAND; OHIO; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PELEE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; AVES; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; NEOGOBIUS; NERODIA; NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM; SERPENTES;

EID: 53049097136     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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