Tissue-specific accumulation and lactational transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorinated pesticides, and brominated flame retardants in hooded seals (Cistophora cristata) from the Gulf of St. Lawrence: Applications for monitoring

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 476-486

  Wolkers, Hans ^a   Hammill, Mike O ^b   van Bavel, Bert ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Hooded seal; Lactational transfer; Monitoring; Polybrominated diphenyl ether

Indexed keywords

HOODED SEAL; LACTATIONAL TRANSFER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; FLAME RETARDANTS; IMPURITIES; TISSUE;

PESTICIDES;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; CHLORINATED PESTICIDE; FLAME RETARDANT; LIPOPROTEIN; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LACTATION; PCB; PESTICIDE; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CISTOPHORA CRISTATA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPOPHILICITY; LIVER; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; LACTATION; LIVER; MALE; MILK; PESTICIDES; PINNIPEDIA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

ANIMALIA; CYSTOPHORA (MAMMALIA); CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 33646168758     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.031     Document Type: Article

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