Effects of seabird vectors on the fate, partitioning, and signatures of contaminants in a high arctic ecosystem

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 10053-10060

  Foster, Karen L ^a   Kimpe, Lynda E ^b   Brimble, Samantha K ^b   Liu, Huijun ^c   Mallory, Mark L ^d   Smol, John P ^e   MacDonald, Robie W ^f   Blais, Jules M ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AIR-WATER; CONGENER PROFILES; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; FRESHWATER POND; HIGH ARCTIC; NESTING SITES; ORGANOCHLORINE CHEMICALS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; POND SEDIMENTS; RECEPTOR SITES; SEDIMENTS AND WATERS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AIR; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; LAKES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NESTING; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POND; SEABIRD; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POND; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 82355163511     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202754h     Document Type: Article

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