Perfluorinated and other persistent halogenated organic compounds in European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) and common eider (Somateria mollissima) from Norway: A suburban to remote pollutant gradient

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-348

  Herzke, D ^a   Nygard T ^b   Berger, U ^c   Huber, S ^a   Rov N ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eggs; Marine birds; Norway; PBDE; PCB; Perfluorinated compounds; PFOS; POPs; Remote; Urban

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SITES; COMMON EIDER; ELEVATED LEVEL; HALOGENATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MARINE BIRDS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; REMOTE SITES; SPATIAL GRADIENTS;

BIRDS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LIVER; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COASTAL ZONE; DOMINANCE; EGG; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOFLUORINE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; SUBURBAN AREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SUBURBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; EGGS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; LIVER; NORWAY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 71749117372     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.048     Document Type: Article

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