Polychlorinated biphenyl congener distributions in burbot: Evidence for a latitude effect

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Stapanian, Martin A., Madenjian, Charles P., Cott, Peter A., Rediske, Richard R., O'Keefe, James P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Great Slave Lake; Burbot; Lota lota; lota
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2703; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.2703; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.2703

Abstract The authors compared the distributions of the congeners of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) detected in whole‐body samples of burbot ( Lota lota ) from Great Slave Lake and Lake Erie. Total PCB concentrations in Great Slave Lake burbot were about one‐sixtieth of the concentrations in Lake E...