Sexual difference in mercury concentrations of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) from Lake Ontario

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 903-908

  Madenjian, Charles P ^a   Keir, Michael J ^b   Whittle, D Michael ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics modeling; Excretion rates; Gross growth efficiency; Lake trout; Mercury; Sexual differences

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; EFFICIENCY; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIOENERGETICS MODEL; EXCRETION RATES; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; LAKE TROUT; SEXUAL DIFFERENCES;

LAKE POLLUTION;

MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOENERGETICS; EXCRETION; GROWTH RATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; SALMONID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGY; FEMALE; LAKE; LAKE TROUT; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 79954608573     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.053     Document Type: Article

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