Validation of Ontario's new laboratory-based bioaccumulation methods with in situ field data

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 950-958

  Van Geest, Jordana L ^a   Poirier, David G ^b   Sibley, Paul K ^a   Solomon, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Field validation; Laboratory methods; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BIOTA-SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTORS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD DATA; FIELD VALIDATION; IN-SITU; LABORATORY METHODS; LABORATORY PROTOCOLS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; RELATIVE BIOAVAILABILITY; SITE CONDITIONS; TISSUE RESIDUE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELLFISH;

LABORATORIES;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CYPRINID; FIELD SURVEY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTA SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTOR; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LABORATORIES; OLIGOCHAETA; ONTARIO;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 79952293881     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.469     Document Type: Article

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