Historical analysis of salmon-derived polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in lake sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1977-1989

  Krümmel, Eva M ^a   Scheer, Michael ^b   Gregory Eaves, Irene ^c   Macdonald, Robie W ^d   Kimpe, Lynda E ^e   Smol, John P ^f   Finney, Bruce ^g   Blais, Jules M ^e  

^a Canada Office   (Canada)

^b Scheer Software Solutions   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; 210Pb dating; Alaska; British Columbia; Down core profiles; Freshwater sediment; PCBs; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sockeye salmon

Indexed keywords

210PB DATING; ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOWN-CORE PROFILES; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; PCBS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOCKEYE SALMON;

CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; LAKES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LOADING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ALGA; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALMONID; SEDIMENT CORE;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 60049100245     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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