Perfluorinated chemicals in meromictic lakes on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, High Arctic Canada

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-256

  Veillette, Julie ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Antoniades, Dermot ^a   Small, Jeff M ^b   Spencer, Christine ^b   Loewen, Tracey N ^c   Babaluk, John A ^c   Reist, James D ^c   Vincent, Warwick F ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic char; Climate change; Lake; Meromictic; Perfluorinated chemicals; Sediments; Snow; Transport pathways; Water; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FISH; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEROMICTIC LAKE; OPEN WATER; ORGANOFLUORINE; POLLUTANT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; WARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84874015704     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: 19231245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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