Organohalogen contaminants and total mercury in forage fish preyed upon by thick-billed murres in northern Hudson Bay

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 258-266

  Braune, Birgit M ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Elliott, Kyle H ^b   Provencher, Jennifer F ^a   Woo, Kerry J ^c   Chambellant, Magaly ^b,e   Ferguson, Steven H ^d   Letcher, Robert J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e GECEM   (France)

Author keywords

Biomagnification factors; Fish; Halogenated compounds; Hudson Bay; Mercury; Thick billed murre

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS; HUDSON BAY; ORGANOHALOGEN CONTAMINANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); THICK-BILLED MURRE; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CARBOXYLATION; FISH; HALOGENATION; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SALES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; FLUOROTELOMER UNSATURATED ACID DERIVATIVE; MERCURY; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLATE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORINATED SULFONATE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROSULFONAMIDES DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; DDT; HALOGEN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PCB; PELAGIC FISH; SULFONATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTOR; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUMESOGRAMMUS PRAECISUS; FISH; GYMNELIS VIRIDIS; GYMNOCANTHUS TRICUSPIS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LEPTAGONUS DECAGONUS; LEPTOCLINUS MACULATUS; LIPARIS; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PHOLIS FASCIATA; PREDATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; STICHAEUS PUNCTATUS; TRIGLOPS; URIA LOMVIA;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; URIA LOMVIA;

BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; FISH; HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS; HUDSON BAY; MERCURY; THICK-BILLED MURRE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BAYS; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892433888     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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