Biomagnification of DDT and its metabolites in four fish species of a tropical lake

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-18

  Deribe, Ermias ^a,c,d   Rosseland, Bjørn Olav ^a   Borgstrøm, Reidar ^a   Salbu, Brit ^a   Gebremariam, Zinabu ^b,c   Dadebo, Elias ^c   Skipperud, Lindis ^a   Eklo, Ole Martin ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Higher Education Strategy Center (HESC)   (Ethiopia)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; DDTs; Fish species; Lake Ziway; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDD; DDE; DDT; FISH; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ETHIOPIA; FISH; GOLDFISH; LAKE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; TILAPIA ZILLII;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; DDTS; FISH SPECIES; LAKE ZIWAY; TROPHIC POSITION;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CICHLIDS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GOLDFISH; LAKES; PESTICIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE ZIWAY;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 84880328341     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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