Reduction of PCB contamination in an arctic coastal environment: A first step in assessing ecosystem recovery after the removal of a point source

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7635-7642

  Brown, Tanya M ^a   Sheldon, Tom A ^a   Burgess, Neil M ^b   Reimer, Ken J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC MARINE; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BENTHIC FOOD WEBS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINATED BEACH; INDICATOR SPECIES; MARINE FOOD WEB; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCB CONTAMINATION; POINT SOURCES; RECOVERY PROCESS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FORESTRY; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOOD WEB; PCB; PERCIFORM; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLACK GUILLEMOT; CANADA; CLEANING; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FEMALE; FISH; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SHORTHORN SCULPIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; SAGLEK BAY;

CEPPHUS GRYLLE; MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS;

EID: 70450082986     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900941w     Document Type: Article

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