Clarifying relationships between persistent organic pollutant concentrations and age in wildlife biomonitoring: Individuals, cross-sections, and the roles of lifespan and sex

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1415-1426

  Binnington, Matthew J ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomonitoring; Environmental modeling; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONGENER;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; LIPID;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; BODY HEIGHT; BOWHEAD WHALE; BROWN TROUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; KILLER WHALE; LACTATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLAR BEAR; POLAR COD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEADY STATE; WATER POLLUTANT; WILDLIFE;

BALAENIDAE; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; PHOCA HISPIDA;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS);

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY BURDEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GADIFORMES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REPRODUCTION; SEALS, EARLESS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WHALES;

EID: 84900561162     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2576     Document Type: Article

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