On the rate of decline of persistent organic contaminants in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) from the great lakes, 1970-2003

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2004-2010

  Carlson, Daniel L ^a   De Vault, David S ^b   Swackhamer, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; FOOD WEBS; GREAT LAKES; HALF LIVES; HEALTH CONCERNS; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIOR; LAKE TROUT; LONG-TERM TREND; MONITORING PROGRAMS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; IMPURITIES; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RADIOACTIVITY; RATE CONSTANTS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CAMPHECLOR; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; MIREX; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DDT; FOOD WEB; HALF LIFE; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POPULATION DECLINE; REACTION KINETICS; REMEDIATION; SALMONID; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CLIMATE; DETERIORATION; DYNAMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH; LAKE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; TROUT;

ANIMALS; DDT; DIELDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GREAT LAKES REGION; HALF-LIFE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 77949370571     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903191u     Document Type: Article

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