Perfluoroalkyl contaminants in an arctic marine food web: Trophic magnification and wildlife exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4037-4043

  Kelly, Barry C ^a   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Blair, Joel D ^a   Surridge, Blair ^c   Hoover, Dale ^c   Grace, Richard ^c   Gobas, Frank A P C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BREATHING; AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; ARCTIC MARINE; BELUGA WHALES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CANADIAN ARCTIC; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FOOD WEBS; HUDSON BAY; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; OCTANOL-AIR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES; ORGANOHALOGENS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERFLUORINATED ACIDS; PERFLUOROALKYL CONTAMINANTS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; REFERENCE DOSE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FOOD ADDITIVES; IMPURITIES; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN HABITATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ECOLOGY;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; PISCIVORE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; LIVER LEVEL; MARINE MAMMAL; MILK; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHALE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARCTIC REGIONS; BELUGA WHALE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LIVER; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 66249110319     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9003894     Document Type: Article

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