Perfluorinated Chemicals Infiltrate Ocean Waters: Link between Exposure Levels and Stable Isotope Ratios in Marine Mammals

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 5545-5550

  Van De Vijver, Kristin Inneke ^a   Hoff, Philippe Tony ^a   Das, Krishna ^b   Van Dongen, Walter ^a   Esmans, Eddy Louis ^a   Jauniaux, Thierry ^b   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   De Coen, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARBON; FLUOROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN 15; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE MAMMAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD WEB; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; SEAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WHALE;

AGE FACTORS; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NORTH SEA; SEALS, EARLESS; SEAWATER; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346121369     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0345975     Document Type: Article

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