Halogenated organic contaminants and their correlations with circulating thyroid hormones in developing Arctic seabirds

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6334393	Science of The Total Environment	2012	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº A wide range of organic contaminants were investigated in chicks of two Arctic seabird species. âº Levels of halogenated organic contaminants were dominated by perfluorinated compounds in fulmar and kittiwake chicks. âº Three perfluorinated compounds positively correlated with T4 concentrations in both fulmar and kittiwake chicks.

Keywords

BFRs HCH DDTs perfluorododecanoate PBDEs PFDoA PFCs perfluorodecanoate PFCA TSH PFNA HCB PFHxS CHLs PeCB TBG Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates Perfluorooctane sulphonate TTR Meso PFHpS PFOA p,p′-DDD o,p′-DDD o,p′-DDE hPTH perfluoroundecanoate SRM w.w.perfluorononanoate PCB PFOS HOCs UDP-GT TBA PFSA PCP GC–MS HCHs OCPs o,p′-DDT PCA p,p′-DDE Organochlorine pesticides Brominated flame retardants Hexachlorobenzene polybrominated biphenyls Principal component analysis analysis of variance ANOVA TTR, Transthyretin Perfluorinated compounds Northern fulmar Body mass LOD یا Limit of detection Polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBB p,p′-DDT body length Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry Perfluorooctanoate Arctic limit of detection hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis standard reference material thyroid stimulating hormone Thyroid hormones Hexachlorocyclohexane polymerase chain reaction PCR wet weight Body condition Pentachlorophenol pentachlorobenzene Black-legged kittiwake thyroid binding globulin