Western Canadian arctic ringed seal organic contaminant trends in relation to sea ice break-up

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4427-4433

  Gaden, A ^a   Ferguson, Steve H ^a,b   Harwood, L ^b   Melling, H ^b   Alikamik, J ^c   Stern, G A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Olokhatomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION; BREAK-UP DATE; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; ICE BREAK-UP; ICE CONDITIONS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; OXYCHLORDANE; RINGED SEALS; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; SPRING BREAK-UP;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; IMPURITIES; ISOMERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

SEA ICE;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ICE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ICE BREAKUP; ICE COVER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEA ICE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ISOMER; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEA ICE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ICE COVER; MALE; PHOCA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; ULUKHAKTOK; VICTORIA ISLAND [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 84859821883     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204127j     Document Type: Article

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