Effects of environmental exposure and diet on levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in eggs of a top predator in the North Atlantic in 1980 and 2008

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1222-1228

  Leat, Eliza H K ^a   Bourgeon, Sophie ^b   Borgå, Katrine ^c   Strøm, Hallvard ^d   Hanssen, Sveinn A ^b   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^d   Petersen, Ævar ^e   Olafsdottir, Kristin ^f   Magnusdottir, Ellen ^f   Fisk, Aaron T ^g   Ellis, Sandra ^g   Bustnes, Jan O ^b   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great skua; North Atlantic; Persistent organic pollutants; Seabird

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREAT SKUA; NORTH ATLANTIC; PERSISTENT COMPOUNDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEABIRD; TOP PREDATOR; TRAWL FISHERIES;

FISHERIES; NUTRITION; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; EGG; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HERRING; MACKEREL; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PREDATOR; SANDEEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAWL FISHERY;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OVUM; SCOTLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CATHARACTA SKUA; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 79954420111     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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