Fishing for semi-volatile organic contaminants in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Trends & impacts on Antarctic fish

• Main Author: Ghosh, Ruma
• Other Authors: Hageman, Kimberly, Lokman, Mark, Lamare, Miles, Metcalf, Victoria
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2012
• Subjects: Semi-volatile organic contaminants; Current-use pesticides; Legacy pesticides; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Pesticides; PCBs & PBDEs extraction method; Persistent organic pollutant trends; McMurdo Sound; Antarctica; McMurdo Station (USA); Scott Base (New Zealand); Sewage treatment upgrades; PBDEs exposure; Antarctic fish responses; Oxidative stress; Lipid & protein degradation; Antarctic; McMurdo Station; New Zealand; Scott Base; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2269

Semi-volatile organic contaminants (SOCs) have the ability to undergo long-range atmospheric transport to remote ecosystems like Antarctica. Very little is known about current SOC trends in fish from the McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica, as well there are no fast and effective extraction methods t...