Trends of perfluorinated alkyl substances in herring gull eggs from two coastal colonies in northern norway: 1983-2003

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6671-6677

  Verreault, Jonathan ^a   Berger, Urs ^b,c   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREAS; COASTAL COLONIES; WATERBORNE;

CARBON; CHAIN LENGTH; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SAMPLING;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALKYL GROUP; CARBON 11; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOATE; PERFLUOROUNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; CHAIN LENGTH; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SAMPLING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

COASTAL ZONE; EGG; ISOLATED POPULATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERRING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANISM COLONY; SAMPLING; TREND STUDY; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; NORWAY; SULFONIC ACIDS; ZYGOTE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 35148863248     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070723j     Document Type: Article

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