Temporal trends in near-shore sediment contaminant concentrations in the St. Clair River and potential long-term implications for fish tissue concentrations

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 722-735

  Richman, Lisa ^a   Milani, Danielle ^b  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Contaminants; Fish; Mercury; Sediment; St. Clair River

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CONTAMINANTS; DATA SETS; FISH TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; FOOD CHAIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HISTORICAL DATA; HUMAN HEALTH; MERCURY; NEARSHORES; OCTACHLOROSTYRENE; ONTARIO; POINT SOURCES; REFERENCE STATIONS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT REMEDIATION; SPORTFISH; ST. CLAIR RIVER; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS;

BUTADIENE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; IMPURITIES; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INVERTEBRATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERCIFORM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; LAKE SAINT CLAIR; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SAINT CLAIR RIVER;

INVERTEBRATA; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 78649396238     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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