Bioaccumulation of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls and pentachlorophenol in the serum of northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris)

• Published in: Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Louis , Caroline, Covaci, Adrian, Stas, Marie, Crocker, Daniel, Malarvannan, Govindan, Dirtu, Alin, Debier, Cathy
• Other Authors: UCL - SST/ISV - Institut des sciences de la vie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press 2015
• Subjects: Nes; Nes’; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/156451; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.040

Northern elephant seals (NES) (Mirounga angustirostris) from the Año Nuevo State Reserve (CA, USA) were sampled at 1-, 4-, 7- and 10-week post-weaning. Concentrations of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (HO-PCBs) and their parent PCBs were measured in the serum of each individual. The ΣHO-PC...