Temporal trends and spatial differences of perfluoroalkylated substances in livers of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) populations from Northern Europe, 1991-2008

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 419, Issue , 2012, Pages 216-224

  Huber, Sandra ^a   Ahrens, Lutz ^b,f   Bårdsen, Bård Jørgen ^c   Siebert, Ursula ^d   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^c   Víkingsson, Gísli A ^e   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^b   Herzke, Dorte ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harbor porpoise; Liver; PFAS; PFOS; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; HARBOR PORPOISE; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; NORTH SEA; PERFLUOROALKYLATED SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFAS; PFOS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WET WEIGHT;

CARBOXYLATION; LIVER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MAMMALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYLATED SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROALKYLCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); JUVENILE; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORPOISE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTH SEA; PHOCOENA; SEASONS; SULFONAMIDES; SULFONIC ACIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA;

EID: 84857040885     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.050     Document Type: Article

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