Influence of lake characteristics on the biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants in lake trout food webs

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2169-2178

  Houde, Magali ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Kidd, Karen A ^d   Guildford, Stephanie ^e   Drouillard, Ken ^f   Evans, Marlene S ^b   Wang, Xiaowa ^b   Whittle, D Michael ^c   Haffner, Doug ^f   Kling, Hedy ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^g Algal Taxonomy and Ecology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Lake characteristics; Lake trout food webs; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUNGICIDES; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; LAKE CHARACTERISTICS; LAKE TROUT FOOD WEBS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

PRINTED CIRCUITS;

2,2 DIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FISH; FOOD WEB; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FORAGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAKE; LATITUDE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROUT;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INVERTEBRATES; PESTICIDES; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COTTUS COGNATUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 53949090355     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-071.1     Document Type: Article

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