Environmental contaminants in freshwater fish and their risk to piscivorous wildlife based on a national monitoring program

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 469-494

  Hinck, Jo Ellen ^a   Schmitt, Christopher J ^a   Chojnacki, Kimberly A ^a   Tillitt, Donald E ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Biomonitoring; Dietary exposure; Ecological risk assessment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS MODELS; BALD EAGLES; BENTHIVOROUS FISHES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; FOOD INGESTION RATES; FRESHWATER FISHES; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES; MINE DRAINAGES; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS; NATIONAL MONITORING PROGRAMS; ORGANOCHLORINE CHEMICALS; ORGANOCHLORINE RESIDUES; PENTACHLOROANISOLE; PISCIVOROUS WILDLIFES; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; RIVER BASINS; SAMPLING SITES; SCREENING LEVELS; SUMMARY STATISTICS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; LEAD; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SAFETY FACTOR; SELENIUM; TOXICITY; WATERSHEDS; ZINC;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CADMIUM; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; DIELDRIN; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; FISH; FRESHWATER; ORGANOCHLORINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; MINK; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MINK; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; MUSTELA;

EID: 64049116123     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0331-5     Document Type: Article

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