Modeling bioaccumulation using characteristic times

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-278

  Powell, Adrian ^a   Mackay, Don ^a   Webster, Eva ^a   Arnot, Jon A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioenergetic; Characteristic time; Fugacity; Models

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETIC; BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES; FUGACITY; FUGACITY MODELS; LOSS RATES; MASS BALANCE MODELS; OCTANOL AIRS; PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; RATE CONSTANTS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGETICS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUGACITY; MASS BALANCE; RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD; HALF LIFE TIME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 61349135420     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-106.1     Document Type: Article

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