Occurrence of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and their enantiomeric signatures, and concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Adélie penguin food web, Antarctica

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 371-382

  Corsolini, Simonetta ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^b   Ademollo, Nicoletta ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a   Schepens, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Antarctic krill; Antarctic organisms; Biomagnification; Emerald rockcod; Enantiomeric fractions; Organochlorine pesticides; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; LIPIDS; PESTICIDES; POLYETHERS;

ADÉLIE PENGUIN; ANTARCTIC KRILL; ANTARCTIC ORGANISMS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; EMERALD ROCKCOD; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTIONS (EF); ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCPS); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 100; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 28; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 47; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 99; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FOOD WEB; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORDAN; DDT; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUPHAUSIACEA; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; PERCIFORMES; PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SPHENISCIDAE;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 30144438519     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.04.039     Document Type: Article

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