Distribution of perfluorinated compounds in Yellow-legged gull eggs (Larus michahellis) from the Iberian Peninsula

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 468-475

  Vicente, Joana ^a   Bertolero, Albert ^b   Meyer, Johan ^a   Viana, Paula ^c   Lacorte, Silvia ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c Instituto da Água I P   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Eggs; Eggshell parameters; Natural National Parks; Perfluorinated compounds; Yellow legged gull

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; EGGS; EGGSHELL PARAMETERS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

PARKS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PERFLUORO COMPOUND;

BIOMETRY; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; EGG; EGGSHELL; SULFONATE; URBANIZATION; WADER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBANIZATION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; OVUM; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SULFONIC ACIDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 84856221805     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.085     Document Type: Article

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