Perfluoroalkyl substances detected in the world's southernmost marine mammal, the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 197, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-67

  Routti, Heli ^a   Krafft, Bjørn A ^b   Herzke, Dorte ^c   Eisert, Regina ^d,e   Oftedal, Olav ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Local pollution; Long range transport; McMurdo; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARBOXYLATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; POLLUTION;

LOCAL POLLUTIONS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MCMURDO; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; WEDDELL SEALS;

MAMMALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PEFLUORONONANOATE; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLATE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOATE; PERFLUOROCTANOATE; PERFLUORODECANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORODECANOATE; PERFLUORODODECANOATE; PERFLUOROHEPTANOATE; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOATE; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOATE; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOATE; PERFLUOROUNDECANOATE; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PINNIPED; PLASMA; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEAL; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; BLOOD; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHOCIDAE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; LACTATION; SEALS, EARLESS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922798075     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.11.026     Document Type: Article

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