Persistent organic pollutants in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): Implications for resident killer whales of British Columbia and adjacent waters

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-161

  Cullon, Donna L ^a,b   Yunker, Mark B ^c   Alleyne, Carl ^d   Dangerfield, Neil J ^a   O'Neill, Sandra ^e   Whiticar, Michael J ^b   Ross, Peter S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Environmental Health Assessment Services ^*  (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Dietary exposure; Killer whale; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHINOOK SALMON; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; DIETARY EXPOSURE; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; KILLER WHALE; LIPID CONTENT; NEARSHORES; PCB CONGENERS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DDT; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID; METABOLISM; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; KILLER WHALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; POLLUTANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SMOLT; ANIMAL; BODY BURDEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SALMON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SALMON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 65449176147     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-125.1     Document Type: Article

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