(Table 1) Concentration of persistent organic pollutants in blood plasma of glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) from Bjørnøya

• Main Authors: Verboven, Nanette, Verreault, Jonathan, Letcher, Robert J, Gabrielsen, Geir W, Evans, Neil P
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: Bear Island; Bjørnøya; Svalbard archipelago; Norway; Chlordane; standard deviation; Chlorinated benzene; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS); Hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Hydroxy-polychlorinated biphenyl; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Methyl sulfone polychlorinated biphenyl; MULT; Multiple investigations; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Sample amount; Sample type; Sex; Arctic; Climate change; Glaucous Gull; International Polar Year; Larus hyperboreus; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.837541; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.837541

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