PCB concentrations in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) are correlated to habitat use and lake characteristics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8239-8244

  Guildford, S J ^a   Muir, D C G ^b   Houde, M ^c   Evans, M S ^b   Kidd, K A ^d   Whittle, D M ^e   Drouillard, K ^f   Wang, X ^b   Anderson, M R ^g   Bronte, C R ^h   Devault, D S ⁱ   Haffner, D ^f   Payne, J ^g   Kling, H J ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^g NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^h U S Fish and Wildlife Service Green Bay National Wildlife and Fish Conservation Office   (United States)

ⁱ US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^j Algal Taxonomy and Ecology Inc   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; FEEDING; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; WATER POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SURVEYS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; COLD WATER SPECIES; HABITAT USES; LAKE AREAS; LAKE DEPTHS; LAKE TROUTS; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LITTORAL HABITATS; LOWER CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL FOOD WEBS; MIXOTROPHIC; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; PELAGIC HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS ENRICHMENTS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

LAKES; LAKE POLLUTION;

LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; HABITAT USE; HYPOXIA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE POLLUTION; MIXOTROPHY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PCB; PERSISTENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; HABITAT USE; HYPOXIA; LAKE; LATITUDE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LITTORAL; MIXOTROPH; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TROUT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; COLD WATER SPECIES; HABITAT USE; LAKE AREAS; LAKE CHARACTERISTICS; LAKE DEPTH; LAKE TROUT; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; LITTORAL HABITATS; MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; MIXOTROPHIC; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCB CONCENTRATION; PELAGIC HABITAT; PHOSPHORUS ENRICHMENT; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

EID: 56449107245     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801218m     Document Type: Article

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