Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6591-6598

  Houde, Magali ^a,b   Wells, Randall S ^c   Fair, Patricia A ^e   Bossart, Greg D ^f   Hohn, Aleta A ^d   Rowles, Teri K ^g   Sweeney, Jay C ^h   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^h Dolphin Quest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; PLASMAS;

FREE-RANGING BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; PFA CONCENTRATIONS; POLYFLUOROALKYL COMPOUNDS (PFA); SULFONIC ACIDS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROSULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEAN;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MEXICO; POLYMERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 24644518471     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0506556     Document Type: Article

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