Polychlorinated biphenyls and Hudson River white perch: Implications for population-level ecological risk assessment and risk management

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-444

  Barnthouse, Lawrence W ^a   Glaser, David ^b   Desantis, Liane ^b  

^a LWB Environmental Services   (United States)

^b Quantitative Environmental Analysis LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish populations; Hudson River; PCBs; White perch

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASS; CHEMISTRY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LARVA; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BASS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LARVA; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 73949104699     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-080.1     Document Type: Article

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