Trends of legacy and emerging-issue contaminants in Lake Simcoe fishes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 148-159

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a,b,c   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^b   Jackson, Donald A ^a   Awad, Emily ^b   Winter, Jennifer G ^b   Kolic, Terry M ^b   Reiner, Eric J ^b   Moody, Rusty ^b   Fletcher, Rachael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Simcoe; Mercury; Polybrominated diphenyl ether PBDE; Polychlorinated biphenyl PCB; Sport fish; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

LAKE SIMCOE; MERCURY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SPORT FISH; TEMPORAL TREND;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; FISH; IMPURITIES; LAKES; LOADING; MERCURY (METAL); NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; USER INTERFACES;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ETHER; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NAPHTHALENE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; RISK FACTOR; STABILIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

COREGONUS ARTEDI; ESOX LUCIUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; PERCA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 79957944562     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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