Temporal PCB and mercury trends in Lake Erie fish communities: A dynamic linear modeling analysis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2203-2214

  Sadraddini, Somayeh ^a   Ekram Azim, M ^a   Shimoda, Yuko ^a   Mahmood, Maryam ^a   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a,b   Backus, Sean M ^c   Arhonditsis, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Bioaccumulation; Dynamic linear modeling; Fish contamination; Invasive species; Lake Erie; Mercury; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODELING; PCB;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CANADA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD WEB; FORAGING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; ONTARIO; PERCHES; PERCIFORMES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SALMONIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

APLODINOTUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; MORONE CHRYSOPS; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 80755125663     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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