Retrospective analysis of organophosphate flame retardants in herring gull eggs and relation to the aquatic food web in the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America

Environmental Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 255-263

  Greaves, Alana K ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a   Chen, Da ^b   McGoldrick, Daryl J ^c   Gauthier, Lewis T ^a   Backus, Sean M ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eggs; Flame retardants; Great Lakes; Herring gulls; Organophosphate esters; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIS(2 CHLOROETHYL) ESTER; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; TRIMETHYLPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIPROPYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(1,3 DICHLORO 2 PROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 BROMO 4 METHYLPHENYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 BUTOXYETHYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 CHLOROISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2,4 DIBROMOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(3 BROMO 4 METHYLPHENYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(4 BROMO 3 METHYLPHENYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; EGG; ESTER; FISH; FOOD WEB; NEST SITE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER FISH; HERRING; LAKE TROUT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDER VITREUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; ONTARIO; OVUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

APOSTLE ISLANDS; CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GULL ISLAND; LAKE ERIE; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; OSMERUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT LAKES REGION; ONTARIO; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; OVUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84974851230     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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