Increasing levels of long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) in Arctic and North Atlantic marine mammals, 1984-2009

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-285

  Rotander, Anna ^a   Kärrman, Anna ^a   Bavel, Bert van ^a   Polder, Anuschka ^b   Rigét, Frank ^c   Audunsson, Gudjón Atli ^d   Víkingsson, Gísli ^e   Gabrielsen, Geir Wing ^f   Bloch, Dorete ^g   Dam, Maria ^h  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d Nydkopunsrmiodtoo Islands   (Iceland)

^e MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^f NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^g Faroese Museum of Natural History   (Faroe Islands)

^h ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Marine mammals; PFCAs; PFSAs; Structural isomers; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

ISOMERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; PHASE SEPARATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MARINE MAMMALS; PFCAS; PFSAS; STRUCTURAL ISOMERS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MAMMALS;

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACID; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLOBICEOHALA MELAS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MARINE MAMMAL; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PHOCA HISIDA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; SEAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WHALE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CYSTOPHORA (MAMMALIA); CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA;

EID: 84855194855     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.054     Document Type: Article

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