Chemical contaminants in water and sediment near fish nesting sites in the Potomac River basin: Determining potential exposures to smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 700-716

  Kolpin, Dana W ^a   Blazer, Vicki S ^b   Gray, James L ^c   Focazio, Michael J ^a   Young, John A ^b   Alvarez, David A ^d   Iwanowicz, Luke R ^b   Foreman, William T ^c   Furlong, Edward T ^c   Speiran, Gary K ^a   Zaugg, Steven D ^c   Hubbard, Laura E ^a   Meyer, Michael T ^a   Sandstrom, Mark W ^c   Barber, Larry B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Potomac River basin; Streams; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE CONCENTRATIONS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; CHEMICAL EXPOSURE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; LIFE STAGES; MICROPTERUS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NESTING SITES; NON-PARAMETRIC; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE; POTOMAC BASIN; POTOMAC RIVER; REFERENCE SITES; SIMAZINE; SKIN LESION; STREAM SITES; STREAMS; TESTICULAR OOCYTES;

HERBICIDES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ATRAZINE; CAFFEINE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CHOLESTEROL; DEETHYLATRAZINE; EDETIC ACID; GALAXOLIDE; INDOLE; METOLACHLOR; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PARA CRESOL; PHYTOSTEROL; SIMAZINE; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MORTALITY; NESTING; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH DISEASE; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BASS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

POTOMAC BASIN; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU;

EID: 84870698275     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.063     Document Type: Article

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