PBDE flame retardants and PCBs in migrating Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 855-864

  Alava, Juan José ^a,b   Lambourn, Dyanna ^c   Olesiuk, Peter ^d   Lance, Monique ^c   Jeffries, Steven J ^c   Gobas, Frank A P C ^a   Ross, Peter S ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Maternal transfer; Metabolism; PBDEs; PCBs; Steller sea lions

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; FLAME RETARDANTS; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MATERNAL TRANSFER; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); STELLER SEA LION; TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FASTING; MATERNAL EFFECT; METABOLISM; MIGRATORY POPULATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OVERWINTERING; PBDE; PCB; PINNIPED; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANADA; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH HAZARD; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; SEAL; UNITED STATES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84861662868     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.094     Document Type: Article

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