Total body burden and tissue distribution of polyfluorinated compounds in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the German Bight

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 520-525

  Ahrens, Lutz ^a,b   Siebert, Ursula ^c   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Harbor seal; PFCs; PFOA; PFOS; Tissue distribution; Total body burden

Indexed keywords

HARBOR SEAL; PFCS; PFOA; PFOS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL BODY BURDEN;

AMIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MAMMALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

TISSUE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; NONANOIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY BURDEN; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; PHOCA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 63549132598     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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