Isomers of Dechlorane Plus flame retardant in the eggs of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) from the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America: Temporal changes and spatial distribution

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Gauthier, Lewis T ^a,b   Letcher, Robert J ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dechlorane Plus; Egg pools; Flame retardants; Herring gulls; Laurentian Great Lakes; Spatial and temporal trends

Indexed keywords

DECHLORANE PLUS; EGG POOLS; HERRING GULLS; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMIC POSITIONING; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; ISOMERS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE);

LAKES;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECHLORINATION; EGG; FOOD WEB; LAURENTIA; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREAT LAKES REGION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ISOMERISM; NORTH AMERICA; OVUM; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NIAGARA FALLS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 61849101881     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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