Foodweb modeling for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Twelvemile Creek Arm of Lake Hartwell, South Carolina, USA

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254-264

  Rashleigh, Brenda ^a   Barber, M Craig ^a   Walters, David M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

AQUATOX; Bioaccumulation; Lake Hartwell; PCB; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; LAKES; MEATS; METAL RECOVERY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

APPLICATIONS.; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATOX; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOMASS DATUMS; DAPHNIA; FOODWEB DYNAMICS; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; LARGEMOUTH BASSES; PCB; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUPERFUND SITES;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; PCB; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

HARTWELL LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; TWELVE MILE CREEK; UNITED STATES;

DAPHNIA; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 56949086903     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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