Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in marine mammals from Arctic and North Atlantic regions, 1986-2009

Environment International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-109

  Rotander, Anna ^a   van Bavel, Bert ^a   Polder, Anuschka ^b   Rigét, Frank ^c   Audunsson, Gudjón Atli ^d   Gabrielsen, Geir Wing ^e   Víkingsson, Gísli ^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 NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^g Faroese Musum of Natural History   (Faroe Islands)

^h ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Marine mammals; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Spatial variations; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ETHERS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MAMMALS; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

ANALYTES; COLUMN EXTRACTION; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; HARBOR PORPOISE; MARINE MAMMALS; MINKE WHALES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RINGED SEALS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SILICA GEL COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUB-ARCTIC; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME-PERIODS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FIN WHALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINKE WHALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT WHALE; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

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

EID: 84856222973     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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