Legacy and contemporary persistent organic pollutants in North Pacific albatross

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2562-2569

  Harwani, Suhash ^a   Henry, Robert W ^b   Rhee, Alexandra ^a   Kappes, Michelle A ^b   Croll, Donald A ^b   Petreas, Myrto ^a   Park, June Soo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albatross; Pacific Ocean; PBDE; PCB; POPs

Indexed keywords

ALBATROSS; BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HAWAII , USA; LONG DISTANCES; ME-XICO; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PBDE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POPS; SENTINEL SPECIES; TRACE LEVEL; TROPHIC STATUS; WET WEIGHT;

ETHERS; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SEABIRD; TROPHIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRDS BY NESTING BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAGE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHOEBASTRIA IMMUTABILIS; PHOEBASTRIA NIGRIPES; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HAWAII; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS; GUADALUPE ISLAND; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); TERN ISLAND;

DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; PHOEBASTRIA NIGRIPES;

EID: 80054095944     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.664     Document Type: Article

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