Biomagnification of perfluorinated compounds in a remote terrestrial food chain: Lichen-Caribou-Wolf

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8665-8673

  Müller, Claudia E ^a,b   De Silva, Amila O ^c   Small, Jeff ^c   Williamson, Mary ^c   Wang, Xiaowa ^c   Morris, Adam ^d   Katz, Sharon ^e,g   Gamberg, Mary ^f   Muir, Derek C G ^c  

^a Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e Aurora Research Institute   (Canada)

^f Gamberg Consulting   (Canada)

^g CBET   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ARCTIC MARINE; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEBS; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS; TERRESTRIAL FOOD WEBS; WET WEIGHT; WHOLE BODY;

CARBOXYLATION; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS; TISSUE; USER INTERFACES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLATE; PERFLUORINATED SULFONATE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANID; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; LICHEN; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTOR; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; HERD; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; PORCUPINE; REINDEER; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATION FACTOR; VEGETATION; WOLF;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; LICHENS; REINDEER; WOLVES;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 80054687132     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201353v     Document Type: Article

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