New organochlorine contaminants and metabolites in plasma and eggs of glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) from the Norwegian Arctic

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2486-2499

  Verreault, Jonathan ^a,b   Letcher, Robert J ^c   Muir, Derek C G ^d   Chu, Shaogang ^c   Gebbink, Wouter A ^c   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Glaucous gull; Metabolites; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; METABOLITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

ARCTIC; GLAUCOUS GULLS; ORGANOCHLORINE;

CHLORINE;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CHLORINATION; EGG; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION;

ARCTIC; BJORNOYA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ELECTRON (BIRD); LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

EID: 23844471486     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-067R.1     Document Type: Article

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