Spatial trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Canadian fish and implications for long-term monitoring

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1564-1575

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a   Mcgoldrick, Daryl J ^a   Clark, Mandi G ^a   Keir, Michael J ^a   Malecki, Mary M ^a   Gledhill, Melissa ^a   Sekela, Mark ^a   Syrgiannis, Jim ^a   Evans, Marlene S ^a   Armellin, Alain ^a   Pomeroy, Joe ^a   Waltho, Jasmine ^a   Backus, Sean M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food web; Lake Trout; PBDE; Spatial trends

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CONTAMINANT MONITORING; COVARIATES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FISH LENGTH; FOOD WEBS; GREAT LAKES; LAKE TROUT; LIPID CONTENT; LONG TERM MONITORING; PBDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SEDIMENT SAMPLING; SPATIAL TRENDS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ETHERS; FISH; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MEATS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES; WEB SERVICES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CARBON; LIPID; NITROGEN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD WEB; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIPID; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PBDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALMONID; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD WEB; LAKE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROUT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA;

SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; TETRA;

EID: 79958218650     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.555     Document Type: Article

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