Food Web Bioaccumulation Model for Resident Killer Whales from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean as a Tool for the Derivation of PBDE-Sediment Quality Guidelines

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 155-168

  Alava, Juan José ^a,b   Ross, Peter S ^b   Gobas, Frank A P C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENCHMARKING; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD WEB; HEALTH RISK; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WATER COLUMN; WHALE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CANADA; DEBROMINATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; HEALTH HAZARD; KILLER WHALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOCA VITULINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEDIMENT; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD CHAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 84958104148     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-015-0215-y     Document Type: Article

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