Spatial and temporal trends of perfluorinated compounds in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from Alaska

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8129-8136

  Reiner, Jessica L ^a   O'Connell, Steven G ^a,b   Moors, Amanda J ^a   Kucklick, John R ^a   Becker, Paul R ^a   Keller, Jennifer M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELUGA WHALES; CHUKCHI SEA; COOK INLET; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; REMOTE LOCATION; STEPWISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TISSUE;

ANIMALS;

PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORINATED SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORONONANIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COHORT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBPOPULATION; WHALE;

ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

ALASKA; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BELUGA WHALE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUOROCARBONS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; TIME FACTORS;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; COOK INLET; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 80053415178     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103560q     Document Type: Article

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