Organochlorine contaminants in fishes from coastal waters west of amukta pass, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1643-1654

  Miles, A Keith ^a   Ricca, Mark A ^a   Anthony, Robert G ^b   Estes, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Fishes; Organochlorines; Polychlorinated biphenyls congeners; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALASKA , USA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ARCTIC WATERS; COASTAL WATERS; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PACIFIC HALIBUT; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCB CONGENERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; WORLD WAR II;

BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

FISH;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FLATFISH; GADOID; ISLAND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; HEXAGRAMMOS LAGOCEPHALUS; HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; PISCES;

EID: 69049085613     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-498.1     Document Type: Article

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