Persistent halogenated organic contaminants and mercury in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) from the Canadian Arctic

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3513-3519

  Braune, Birgit M ^a   Mallory, Mark L ^b   Butt, Craig M ^c,d   Mabury, Scott A ^c   Muir, Derek C G ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Mercury; Northern fulmar; Organochlorines; Perfluorinated compounds

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ARCTIC; MERCURY; NORTHERN FULMAR; ORGANOCHLORINES; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CARBOXYLATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HALOGENATION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIBENZOFURAN; HALOGEN; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

BREEDING POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CANADA; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CAPE VERA; DEVON ISLAND; NUNAVUT; PRINCE LEOPOLD ISLAND; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

AVES; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 77957709021     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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