Persistent organic pollutants in marine birds, arctic hare and ringed seals near Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-102

  Mallory, Mark L ^a   Braune, Birgit M ^b   Wayland, Mark ^a   Drouillard, Ken G ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; HARE; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LEPUS; LEPUS ARCTICUS; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 12344276860     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.10.029     Document Type: Article

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