Model estimates bioaccumulation of total pcbs, dioxin-furan teqs, and total mercury in mink liver based on concentrations in lake ontario water

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 808-815

  Wellman, Sara T ^a   Haynes, James M ^a   Pagano, James J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DIOXIN; FURAN; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CARNIVORE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN LEVEL; LIVER LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESH WATER; FURANS; LIVER; MERCURY; MINK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA;

EID: 70350263421     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9361-4     Document Type: Article

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