Spatial trends of polyfluorinated compounds in guillemot (Uria aalge) eggs from North-Western Europe

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1475-1480

  Löfstrand, Karin ^a   Jörundsdóttir, Hrönn ^a   Tomy, Gregg ^b   Svavarsson, Jörundur ^c   Weihe, Pál ^d   Nygård, Torgeir ^e   Bergman, Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birds; Perfluorinated compounds; PFOA; PFOS; PFOSA

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIRDS; ICELAND; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PFOA; PFOS; PFOSA; SPATIAL TRENDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTYL SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTYL SULFONATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; EGG; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; EUROPE; FAROE ISLANDS; GUILLEMOT; ICELAND; NORWAY; SWEDEN; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAROE ISLANDS; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AVES; URIA AALGE;

EID: 47149105033     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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