Perfluoroalkyl contaminants in Lake Ontario Lake Trout: Detailed examination of current status and long-term trends

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5842-5850

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a,c   De Silva, Amila O ^a   Backus, Sean M ^a   McGoldrick, Daryl J ^a   Keir, Michael J ^a   Small, Jeff ^a   Melymuk, Lisa ^b   Muir, Derek C G ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Conestoga Rovers and Associates ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL SAMPLING; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BEST FIT; CURRENT STATUS; CURRENT TRENDS; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE TROUT; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG-TERM TREND; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PERFLUOROALKYL CONTAMINANTS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PIECEWISE FUNCTIONS; POWER ANALYSIS; PRECURSOR MOLECULES; QUADRATIC MODELS; SAMPLE SIZES; SLOW DEGRADATION; TEMPORAL TRENDS; THREE MODELS;

DEGRADATION; FISH; PLASMAS;

LAKES;

ALKYL GROUP; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL CONTAMINANT; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUORODECANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; LAKE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; POWER ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; TREND STUDY; TROUT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; LAKES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; TROUT LAKE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 84861856347     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3006095     Document Type: Article

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