Chiral organochlorine contaminants in blood and eggs of glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) from the Norwegian Arctic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7181-7186

  Ross, Matthew S ^a   Verreault, Jonathan ^b   Letcher, Robert J ^b   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^c   Wong, Charles S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD; CHIRALITY; CONTAMINATION; ENANTIOMERS; FOOD ADDITIVES; LOCATION; PLASMAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ANALYTE; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIO-MONITORING; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; BIOMONITORS; BLOOD PLASMAS; EGG YOLKS; ENANTIOMER FRACTIONS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEBS; GLAUCOUS GULLS; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MATERNAL TRANSFER; NORWEGIAN ARCTIC; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS;

MARINE POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHLORDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; LAYING DATE; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PLASMA; POLLUTANT; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; BLOOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EGG; FEMALE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHLORDAN; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NORWAY; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

ANALYTES; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; BLOOD PLASMA; EGG YOLKS; ENANTIOMER FRACTIONS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEBS; GLAUCOUS GULLS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATERNAL TRANSFER; NORWEGIAN ARCTIC; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINES; SVALBARD;

EID: 54749145060     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8000147     Document Type: Article

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