Brominated flame retardant trends in aquatic birds from the Salish Sea region of the west coast of North America, including a mini-review of recent trends in marine and estuarine birds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-69

  Miller, Aroha ^a   Elliott, John E ^b   Elliott, Kyle H ^c   Guigueno, Mélanie F ^c   Wilson, Laurie K ^b   Lee, Sandi ^b   Idrissi, Abde ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double crested cormorant; Ecotoxicology; Great blue heron; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Stable isotopes; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; GREAT BLUE HERON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); STABLE ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

CARBON 13; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; NITROGEN 15; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PBDE; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WADER;

ARTICLE; BLUE HERON; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT; EGG; ESTUARINE SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SEA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EUROPE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SALISH SEA;

ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84907493855     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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