Contaminants of legacy and emerging concern in largescale suckers (Catostomus macrocheilus) and the foodweb in the lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 484, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 344-352

  Nilsen, Elena ^a   Zaugg, Steven ^a   Alvarez, David ^b   Morace, Jennifer ^a   Waite, Ian ^a   Counihan, Timothy ^c   Hardiman, Jill ^c   Torres, Leticia ^d,f   Patiño, Reynaldo ^d   Mesa, Matthew ^c   Grove, Robert ^e,g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^c WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Departments of Natural Resources Management and of Biological Sciences Texas Tech University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic health; Biomagnification; Contaminants of emerging concern; Foodweb; PBDEs; Tissue residue

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; FISH; HALOGENATION; HISTOLOGY; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERNS; FOOD WEBS; PBDES; TISSUE RESIDUE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYFLUOROFEN; PENTACHLOROANISOLE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOOD WEB; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; BRAIN; CATOSTOMUS MACROCHEILUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD WEB; GONAD; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANDION HALIAETUS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STOMACH; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

COLUMBIA RIVER; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CATOSTOMUS MACROCHEILUS; INVERTEBRATA; PANDION HALIAETUS;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIFORMES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OREGON; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899655849     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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