Total PCBs, Dioxin-Furan TEQs, and total mercury concentrations in mink in and out of the rochester embayment area of concern near and inland from the shore of lake ontario

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 794-802

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

^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

DIOXIN; FURAN; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CARNIVORE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; SHORE PLATFORM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN LEVEL; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; LAKE; LIVER LEVEL; MINK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CANADA; DIOXINS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; FURANS; LIVER; MERCURY; MINK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES;

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

MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 70350273089     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9365-0     Document Type: Article

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