Biomagnification of naturally-produced methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (MeO-PBDEs) in harbour seals and harbour porpoises from the Southern North Sea

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 893-899

  Weijs, Liesbeth ^a,b   Losada, Sara ^b,c   Das, Krishna ^d   Roosens, Laurence ^b   Reijnders, Peter J H ^e   Santos, Javier F ^c   Neels, Hugo ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a,b  

^a Ecophysiology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Fish; Marine mammals; MeO PBDEs; North Sea; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; FISH; MAMMALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; MARINE MAMMALS; MEO-PBDES; NORTH SEA; PBDES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; JUVENILE; METABOLISM; PBDE; PINNIPED; PORPOISE;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

MAMMALIA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 67349227759     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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