Temporal trends of brominated and fluorinated contaminants in Canadian Arctic beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Tristan A. Smythe, Lisa L. Loseto, Anders Bignert, Bruno Rosenberg, Wesley Budakowski, Thor Halldorson, Kerri Pleskach, Gregg T. Tomy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: beaufort sea; cumberland sound; western hudson bay; organic contaminants; northern contaminants program; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Cumberland Sound; Pangnirtung; Sanikiluaq; Hendrickson Island; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Climate change; Delphinapterus leucas
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0044; https://doaj.org/article/49630298efdc43219a32acc1ae75f8aa

Limited information exists regarding contemporary and historical emissions for many anthropogenic chemicals, especially for contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). This study examined temporal trends of several perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and hexabromo...