The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic

Although poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous in the Arctic, their sources and fate in Arctic marine environments remain unclear. Herein, abiotic media (water, snow, and sediment) and biotic media (plankton, benthic organisms, fish, crab, and glaucous gull) were sampled to...

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Published in:Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
Main Authors: Aasim, Ali M, Langberg, Håkon Austad, Hale, Sarah, Kallenborn, Roland, Mortensen, Åse-Karen, Hartz, William F, Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej, McDonought, Carrie A., Jenssen, Bjørn Munro, Breedveld, Gijs D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Arctic
Longyearbyen
Svalbard
Glaucous Gull
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2827820
https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00510j
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Summary:Although poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous in the Arctic, their sources and fate in Arctic marine environments remain unclear. Herein, abiotic media (water, snow, and sediment) and biotic media (plankton, benthic organisms, fish, crab, and glaucous gull) were sampled to study PFAS uptake and fate in the marine food web of an Arctic Fjord in the vicinity of Longyearbyen (Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic). Samples were collected from locations impacted by a firefighting training site (FFTS) and a landfill as well as from a reference site. publishedVersion

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