Polychlorinated biphenyls and their hydroxylated metabolites in wild fish from wheatley Harbour Area of Concern, Ontario, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2788-2797

  Gilroy, Ève A M ^a   Muir, Derek G C ^a   McMaster, Mark E ^a   Darling, Colin ^b   Campbell, Linda M ^c   de Solla, Shane R ^a   Parrott, Joanne L ^a   Brown, Scott B ^a   Sherry, James P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Areas of concern; Fish; Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AREAS OF CONCERNS; AROCLORS; CONJUGATED GRADIENT METHOD; FISH PROCESSING; FISH WASTES; HYDROXYLATED METABOLITES; LAKE ERIE; NON-ORTHO; OH-PCBS; ONTARIO , CANADA; OXYGENASES; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCB CONGENERS; PCB CONTAMINATION; REFERENCE SITES; THYROID HORMONES; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ; WET WEIGHT; WHOLE-BODY;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FISH; FISH PRODUCTS; GRADIENT METHODS; HYDROXYLATION; LAKES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AROCLOR; OXYGENASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HORMONE; METABOLITE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WILD POPULATION;

AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HYDROXYLATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROXYLATION; ICTALURIDAE; ONTARIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYROID HORMONES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; IOWA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TURKEY CREEK; UNITED STATES;

AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; COTTUS GOBIO; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 84869867118     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2023     Document Type: Article

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