Temporal trends in "legacy" organochlorine contaminants in blubber of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from Ulukhaktok, NT, Canada between 1972 and 2010

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 564-576

  Addison, R F ^a   Muir, D C ^b   Ikonomou, M G ^c   Harwood, L ^d   Smith, T G ^e   Alikamik, J ^f  

^a Environment Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e EMC Eco Marine Corporation   (Canada)

^f Olokhatomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Organochlorines; Persistent; Ringed seals; Trend

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ARCTIC; ORGANOCHLORINES; PERSISTENT; RINGED SEALS; TREND;

SEALS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHLORDANE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PINNIPED; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUBBER; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOCA HISPIDA; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICOLOGY; TREND STUDY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHOCA; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

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

PHOCA HISPIDA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PHOCA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84882803979     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.079     Document Type: Article

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