Improving the quality and scientific understanding of trophic magnification factors (TMFs)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1186-1187

  Burkhard, Lawrence P ^a   Borgaìš, Katrine ^b   Powell, David E ^c   Leonards, Pim ^d   Muir, Derek C G ^e   Parkerton, Thomas F ^f   Woodburn, Kent B ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT;

COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 84873481773     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es305253r     Document Type: Note

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