Perfluorinated contaminants in fur seal pups and penguin eggs from South Shetland, Antarctica

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3899-3904

  Schiavone, A ^a   Corsolini, S ^a   Kannan, K ^b   Tao, L ^b   Trivelpiece, W ^c   Torres Jr , D ^d   Focardi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Egg; Penguin; Perfluorinated compounds; Seal

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BREEDING SEASONS; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUR SEAL PUPS; FUR SEALS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NEW CLASS; PENGUIN; PENGUIN EGGS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROCHEMICALS; TISSUE SAMPLES;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIVER;

WATER ANALYSIS;

PERFLUORHEXANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANESULFONATE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OVIPARITY; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIVIPARITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; FUR SEALS; LIVER; MUSCLES; OVUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 67349095594     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.058     Document Type: Article

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