Scavenging amphipods: Sentinels for penetration of mercury and persistent organic chemicals into food webs of the deep Arctic Ocean

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5553-5561

  Bidleman, Terry F ^a,b   Stern, Gary A ^c,d   Tomy, Gregg T ^c   Hargrave, Barry T ^e   Jantunen, Liisa M ^b   MacDonald, Robie W ^d,f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING ANALYSIS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PENTACHLOROANISOLE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FOOD WEB; LIPID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERSISTENCE; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SEA SURFACE; SENTINEL;

AMPHIPODA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FOOD WEB; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PERMEABILITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIPIDS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXAPHENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; EURYTHENES GRYLLUS;

EID: 84878659851     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304398j     Document Type: Article

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