Assessment of emerging and traditional halogenated contaminants in Guillemot (Uria aalge) egg from North-Western Europe and the Baltic Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4174-4183

  Jörundsdóttir, Hrönn ^a   Bignert, Anders ^b   Svavarsson, Jörundur ^b   Nygård, Torgeir ^c   Weihe, Pál ^d   Bergman, Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

BCPS; HBCDD; Metabolites; PBDE; PCB; Spatial trend

Indexed keywords

BCPS; HBCDD; PBDE; PCB; SPATIAL TREND;

BIOMOLECULES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

PRINTED CIRCUITS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)SULFONE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HALIDE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; HALOGEN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EXTRACTION; FAROE ISLANDS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUILLEMOT; GULF STREAM; ICELAND; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUTABAGA; URIA AALGE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGGS; HALOGENS; PILOT PROJECTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

AVES; URIA AALGE;

EID: 67349259683     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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