Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine contaminants in winter flounder, harp and hooded seals, and North Atlantic right whales from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1160-1169

  Montie, Eric W ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^b   Reddy, Christopher M ^a   Moore, Michael J ^a   Rubinstein, Belinda ^c   Hahn, Mark E ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Fish; Organochlorines; PBDE; Seal; Whale

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; MARINE MAMMALS; MARINE ORGANISMS; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RIGHT WHALES; WINTER FLOUNDER;

ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAMMABILITY; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,4,5,6 PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; PHOTOMIREX; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PINNIPED; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SEAL; UNITED STATES; WHALE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOCA; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLOUNDER; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEAWATER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; CYSTOPHORA (MAMMALIA); EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 77955423063     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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