Contaminant biomonitoring programs in the Great Lakes region: Review of approaches and critical factors

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-187

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a   Backus, Sean M ^a   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^b   McGoldrick, Daryl J ^a   De Solla, Shane R ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth W ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring programs; Data analysis; Environmental contaminants; Great lakes; Study design; Temporal and spatial trend analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING PROGRAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; GREAT LAKES; SPATIAL TRENDS; STUDY DESIGN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; IMPURITIES; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 79958230460     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A11-005     Document Type: Article

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