Temporal and life history related trends of perfluorochemicals in harbor porpoises from the Danish North Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1476-1483

  Galatius, Anders ^a   Dietz, Rune ^a   Rigét, Frank F ^a   Sonne, Christian ^a   Kinze, Carl Christian ^b   Lockyer, Christina ^c   Bossi, Rossana ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Rosenørns Allé ^*  (Denmark)

^c Polar Environmental Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Harbor porpoise; Life history; Liver; North Sea; Perfluorinated chemicals; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

HARBOR PORPOISE; LIFE HISTORY; NORTH SEA; PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

MAMMALS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; LIFE HISTORY; PORPOISE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PORPOISE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUCKLING; TREND STUDY; WILDLIFE;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LIVER; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORPOISES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 79959352703     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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