Spatial and temporal comparisons of legacy and emerging flame retardants in herring gull eggs from colonies spanning the Laurentian Great Lakes of Canada and United States

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 720-730

  Su, Guanyong ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a   Moore, Jeremy N ^b   Williams, Lisa L ^b   Martin, Pamela A ^c   de Solla, Shane R ^c   Bowerman, William W ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemicals of emerging concern; Eggs; Flame retardants; Herring gulls; Laurentian Great Lakes

Indexed keywords

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; EMERGENCE; METABOLISM; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PBDE; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERRING GULL; LAKE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; POLLUTANT; QUALITY CONTROL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

LARUS ARGENTATUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LAKES; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942525901     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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