Biotic interactions in temporal trends (1992-2010) of organochlorine contaminants in the aquatic food web of Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-92

  Ryan, M J ^a,e   Stern, G A ^a   Kidd, K A ^b   Croft, M V ^a   Gewurtz, S ^c   Diamond, M ^c   Kinnear, L ^d   Roach, P ^f  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d YUKON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish; Food web; Growth dilution; Organochlorines; Sub Arctic lake; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEBS; GROWTH DILUTION; ORGANOCHLORINES; SUB-ARCTIC; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHERIES; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; LAKES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTA; BIOTIC FACTOR; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DILUTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOOD WEB; HCH; LIPID; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POPULATION SIZE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROUT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LAKES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANKTON; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YUKON TERRITORY;

CANADA; LAKE LABERGE; YUKON TERRITORY;

PISCES; PROSOPIUM; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 84869884789     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.055     Document Type: Article

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