Persistent organic pollutants in ringed seals from the Russian Arctic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2734-2745

  Savinov, Vladimir ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Svetochev, Vladislav ^c   Svetocheva, Olga ^c   Belikov, Stanislav ^d   Boltunov, Andrey ^d   Alekseeva, Ludmila ^e   Reiersen, Lars Otto ^f   Savinova, Tatiana ^a,g  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d All Russ Res Inst Fire Protect   (Russian Federation)

^e Centre for Environmental Chemistry   (Russian Federation)

^f AMAP Secretariat   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

OCs; PBDEs; PCBs; PCDD Fs; Ringed seals; Russian Arctic

Indexed keywords

OCS; PBDES; PCBS; PCDD/FS; RINGED SEALS; RUSSIAN ARCTIC;

BENZENE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,2,3 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,3,5 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; MIREX; MITOTANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BENZOFURANS; CHLORDAN; DDT; ENDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; MALE; METHOXYCHLOR; MIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RUSSIA; SEALS, EARLESS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TOXAPHENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KARA SEA; UNITED STATES;

PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 79957878021     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.039     Document Type: Article

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