Persistent organochlorine contaminants and enantiomeric signatures of chiral pollutants in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) collected on the east and west side of the Northwater Polynya, Canadian Arctic

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 118-126

  Fisk, A T ^a   Holst, M ^b   Hobson, K A ^c,d   Duffe, J ^e   Moisey, J ^e   Norstrom, R J ^a,e  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CWS   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; ORGANOCHLORINE; PINNIPED;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHIRALITY; DIET; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERISM; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEALS, EARLESS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036203201     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010299     Document Type: Article

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