Trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and hexabromocyclododecane in eggs of Canadian Arctic seabirds reflect changing use patterns

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 651-661

  Braune, Birgit M ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Mallory, Mark L ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Hexabromocyclododecane; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Seabird eggs; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING POPULATION; BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADIAN; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; DEBROMINATION; FOOD WEB; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NORTH AMERICAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SEABIRD; SPECIES COMPARISON; URIA LOMVIA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; EGG; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EUROPE;

CEPPHUS GRYLLE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARIDAE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED;

EID: 84941049292     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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