Examination of the bioaccumulation of halogenated dimethyl bipyrroles in an Arctic marine food web using stable nitrogen isotope analysis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-93

  Tittlemier, Sheryl A ^a   Fisk, Aaron T ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b,c   Norstrom, Ross J ^a,c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biomagnification; Marine food web; Metabolism; Organohalogens

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODIVERSITY; HALOGENATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM;

TROPHIC LEVELS;

ISOTOPES;

1,1' DIMETHYL 3,3',4 TRIBOMO 4,5,5' TRICHLORO 2,2' BIPYRROLE; 1,1' DIMETHYL 3,3',4,4' TETRABROMO 5,5' DICHLORO 2,2' BIPYRROLE; 1,1' DIMETHYL 3,3',4,4',5 PENTABROMO 5' CHLORO 2,2' BIPYRROLE; 1,1' DIMETHYL 3,3',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMO 2,2' BIPYRROLE; DIMETHYLBIPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; HALOGEN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIRDS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PYRROLES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC;

ALLE ALLE; ARCTOGADUS GLACIALIS; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; MAMMALIA; MYSIS OCULATA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SAGITTA;

EID: 0036131795     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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