Evaluating the roles of biotransformation, spatial concentration differences, organism home range, and field sampling design on trophic magnification factors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 551-552, Issue , 2016, Pages 438-451

  Kim, Jaeshin ^a   Gobas, Frank A P C ^b   Arnot, Jon A ^c,d   Powell, David E ^a   Seston, Rita M ^a   Woodburn, Kent B ^a  

^a DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ARC Arnot Research and Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biotransformation; Concentration gradient; Home range; Sediment water fugacity ratio; Trophic magnification factor (TMF)

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; ESTERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; HOME RANGE; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATIONS; WATER FUGACITY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5' OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',3,4,4',5,5' HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',5 TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; BUTYLBENZYL PHTHALATE ESTER; DECACHLOROBIPHENYL; DI ISOBUTYL PHTHALATE ESTER; DI N BUTYL PHTHALATE ESTER; DI N NONYL PHTHALATE ESTER; DI N OCTYL PHTHALATE ESTER; DI [2 ETHYLHEXYL]PHTHALATE ESTER; ORGANIC CARBON; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FUGACITY; HOME RANGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON UTILIZATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLIC RATE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATE CONSTANT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STEADY STATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICOKINETICS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATION FACTOR; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84957922159     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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