Organochlorine compounds and their metabolites in seven icelandic seabird species - A comparative study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3252-3259

  Jörundsdóttir, Hrönn ^a,d   Löfstrand, Karin ^a   Svavarsson, Jörundur ^b   Bignert, Anders ^c   Bergman, Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d Matis ohf Iceland   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD SPECIES; COMMON EIDER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONGENER CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; MARINE BIRDS; METABOLIC CAPACITIES; NETHERLANDS; NORTH-WESTERN ATLANTIC; OH-PCBS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; SUB-ARCTIC;

BIOMOLECULES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIRDS;

BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)SULFONE; CYTOCHROME P450; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SULFONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; EGG; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; HYDROXYLATION; ICELAND; LARUS FUSCUS; LARUS MARINUS; METABOLITE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEABIRD; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; STERCORARIUS SKUA; STERNA PARADISAEA; SWEDEN; URIA AALGE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ICELAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFOXIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); ICELAND; NETHERLANDS; SWEDEN;

AVES; CATHARACTA SKUA; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARUS FUSCUS; LARUS MARINUS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; STERNA PARADISAEA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 77951851380     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902812x     Document Type: Article

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