Bioaccumulation of PCBs in Arctic seabirds: Influence of dietary exposure and congener biotransformation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-409

  Borgå, Katrine ^a   Wolkers, Hans ^a   Skaare, Janneche U ^b,c   Hop, Haakon ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^d   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcids; Biotransformation; Feeding rate; Larids; Metabolic index; Stable isotopes; Toxic equivalent concentrations

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEABIRDS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMERS; DIETARY EXPOSURE;

ENZYMES; IMPURITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; CYTOCHROME P450 2B; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; HYDROXYLATION; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREY; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIRDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; SEX FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALLE ALLE; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; CICONIIFORMES; LARIDAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 11144268535     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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