Metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in colonial waterbird eggs from Lake Athabasca and the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1178-1183

  Hebert, Craig E ^a   Weseloh, D V Chip ^a   Macmillan, Stuart ^b   Campbell, David ^b   Nordstrom, Wayne ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Department of English and Film Studies Alberta   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca River; Bird eggs; Mercury; Oil sands; PAHs

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ALBERTA , CANADA; AQUATIC BIRDS; ATHABASCA; ATHABASCA RIVER; BIRD EGGS; CALIFORNIA; COMMON SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FOOD WEBS; MCMURRAY; MERCURY; N VALUE; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; PAHS; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTAS; RECEIVING WATERS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TROPHIC POSITION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ARSENIC; ISOTOPES; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); NAPHTHALENE; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ANTHRACENE; ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; MERCURY; METAL DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN 15; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ARSENIC; EGG; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OIL SAND; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; EGG; FOOD WEB; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; METALS; OVUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; LAKE ATHABASCA; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA;

AVES; LARUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 79953764316     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.489     Document Type: Article

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