Bioaccumulation of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in selected species from the Barents Sea food web

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 360-371

  Haukås, Marianne ^a,b   Berger, Urs ^c,d   Hop, Haakon ^a   Gulliksen, Bjørn ^b   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; European Arctic; PFAS; PFOS; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION; EUROPEAN ARCTIC; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE (PFOS); POLYFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS); SEA FOOD; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ALKYL GROUP; CHLORPHENOTANE; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; NONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIPOD; BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; FISH; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; SEABIRD; SULFONATE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AMPHIPOD; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLACK GUILLEMOT; FOOD WEB; GLAUCOUS GULL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLAR COD; SEA; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; DDT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; GAMMARUS WILKITZKII; LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

EID: 34247868013     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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