Exposure and effects assessment of persistent organohalogen contaminants in arctic wildlife and fish

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2995-3043

  Letcher, Robert J ^a,h   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^b   Dietz, Rune ^c   Jenssen, Bjørn M ^d   Jørgensen, Even H ^b,e   Sonne, Christian ^c   Verreault, Jonathan ^a   Vijayan, Mathilakath M ^f   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^g  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Circumpolar arctic; Exposure; Fish; Metabolites; Organohalogen compounds (OHCs); Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PERFORMANCE; ARCTIC MARINE; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC; COMPLEX PICTURES; CONCENTRATION DATA; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; DEPURATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; EXPOSURE EFFECTS; FIELD STUDIES; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEBS; GLAUCOUS GULLS; GREENLAND; HIGH ARCTIC; HUDSON BAY; KARA SEA; KILLER WHALE; METABOLIC BYPRODUCTS; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANOHALOGEN CONTAMINANTS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PCB CONCENTRATION; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFORMANCE STUDY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLAR BEARS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RINGED SEALS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPECIES INVASIONS; SVALBARD; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THRESHOLD LEVELS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS; TISSUE RESIDUE; TOXICANT EXPOSURE; TOXICOKINETICS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; BYPRODUCTS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ETHERS; FISH; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; HISTOLOGY; IMPACT RESISTANCE; IMPURITIES; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TISSUE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEX HORMONE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; MARINE MAMMAL; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES INVASION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; VITAMIN METABOLISM; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; KIDNEY; LIVER; MAMMALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS; URSUS MARITIMUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 77952499198     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.038     Document Type: Article

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