Levels and trends of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in Ivory Gull eggs from the Canadian Arctic, 1976 to 2004

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-417

  Braune, Birgit M ^a   Mallory, Mark L ^b   Grant Gilchrist, H ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^c   Drouillard, Ken G ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Canadian Arctic; Dioxins; Ivory gull; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CANADIAN ARCTICS; IVORY GULL; ORGANOCHLORINES;

CHLORINATION; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; IMPURITIES; ORGANOMETALLICS; PESTICIDES; TOXICITY;

BIRDS;

DIOXIN; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO 4 DIOXIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BROMINATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAGOPHILA EBURNEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OVUM;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; PAGOPHILA EBURNEA;

EID: 34247485509     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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