Temporal Trends of Brominated and Fluorinated Contaminants in Canadian Arctic Beluga Delphinapterus leucas

• Main Authors: Smythe, Tristan A., Loseto, Lisa L., Bignert, Anders, Rosenberg, Bruno, Budakowski, Wesley, Halldorson, Thor, Pleskach, Kerri, Tomy, Gregg T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Hendrickson Island; Pangnirtung; Sanikiluaq; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Climate change; Delphinapterus leucas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/93892; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/AS-2017-0044

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...