Temporal and spatial trends of perfluorinated compounds in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) along the east coast of the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 5202-5209

  O'Connell, Steven G ^a,b,g   Arendt, Michael ^c   Segars, Al ^c   Kimmel, Tricia ^d,h   Braun Mcneill, Joanne ^e   Avens, Larisa ^e   Schroeder, Barbara ^f   Ngai, Lily ^b   Kucklick, John R ^a   Keller, Jennifer M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^c MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARETTA; CHESAPEAKE BAY; EAST COAST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FLORIDA BAY; HUMAN POPULATION; LC-MS/MS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; SEA TURTLES; SERUM SAMPLES; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; SPATIAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

EXTRACTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; JUVENILE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARETTA CARETTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; SEASHORE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MARYLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77954281006     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9036447     Document Type: Article

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