Chemical amplification in an invaded food web: Seasonality and ontogeny in a high-biomass, low-diversity ecosystem

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2186-2195

  Ng, Carla A ^a   Berg, Martin B ^b   Jude, David J ^c   Janssen, John ^d   Charlebois, Patrice M ^e   Amaral, Luis A N ^a   Gray, Kimberly A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Bioaccumulation; Food web; Great Lakes; Invasive

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; FOOD ADDITIVES; KETONES; LAKES; MEATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORTS AND HARBORS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER POLLUTION;

BENTHIC; BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; GREAT LAKES; INVASIVE;

FISH;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; EGG; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLLUSC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT; ONTOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAKE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVASION; THREAT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; ILLINOIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; DREISSENIDAE; NEOGOBIUS;

EID: 53949124343     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-636.1     Document Type: Article

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