Flame Retardants and Methoxylated and Hydroxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Two Norwegian Arctic Top Predators:  Glaucous Gulls and Polar Bears

Flame Retardants and Methoxylated and Hydroxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Two Norwegian Arctic Top Predators:  Glaucous Gulls and Polar Bears

The brominated flame retardants have been subject of a particular environmental focus in the Arctic. The present study investigated the congener patterns and levels of total hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), as well as methoxylated (MeO)...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental science & technology 2005-08, Vol.39 (16), p.6021-6028
Hauptverfasser: Verreault, Jonathan, Gabrielsen, Geir W, Chu, Shaogang, Muir, Derek C. G, Andersen, Magnus, Hamaed, Ahmad, Letcher, Robert J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Applied ecology
Arctic Regions
Biological and medical sciences
Birds
Charadriiformes
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Female
Fire resistant materials
Flame retardants
Flame Retardants - analysis
Flame Retardants - metabolism
Flame Retardants - pharmacokinetics
Food Chain
Food chains
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Larus hyperboreus
Male
Marine
Marine and brackish environment
Norway
PCB
Plasma
Polar bears
Polybrominated Biphenyls - analysis
Polybrominated Biphenyls - metabolism
Polybrominated Biphenyls - pharmacokinetics
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Predation
Tissue Distribution
Ursidae
Ursus maritimus
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Zusammenfassung:The brominated flame retardants have been subject of a particular environmental focus in the Arctic. The present study investigated the congener patterns and levels of total hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), as well as methoxylated (MeO) and hydroxylated (OH) PBDEs in plasma samples of glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Norwegian Arctic. The analyses revealed the presence of total HBCD (0.07−1.24 ng/g wet wt) and brominated biphenyl 101 (
ISSN:0013-936X
1520-5851
DOI:10.1021/es050738m