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Sun, J.C.; Covaci, A.; Bustnes, J.O.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Helander, B.; Bardsen, B.J.; Boertmann, D.; Dietz, R.; Labansen, A.L.; Schulz, R.; Malarvannan, G.; Sonne, C.; Thorup, K.; Tottrup, A.P.; Zubrod, J.; Eens, M.; Eulaers, I. (2024). Spatiotemporal trends of anthropogenic and naturally occurring polybrominated diphenyl ethers in long-term white-tailed eagle feather collections. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 11(2): 158-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00767, more Catarci Carteny, C.; Amato, E.D.; Pfeiffer, F.; Christia, C.; Estoppey, N.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R. (2023). Accumulation and release of organic pollutants by conventional and biodegradable microplastics in the marine environment. Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 30(31): 77819-77829. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27887-1, more Chaousis, S.; Leusch, F.D.L.; Limpus, C.J.; Nouwens, A.; Weijs, L.J.; Weltmeyer, A.; Covaci, A.; van de Merwe, J.P. (2023). Non-targeted proteomics reveals altered immune response in geographically distinct populations of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Environ. Res. 216(Part 1): 114352. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114352, more Hansen, E.; Sun, J.C.; Helander, B.; Bustnes, J.O.; Eulaers, I.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M.; Bourgeon, S. (2023). A retrospective investigation of feather corticosterone in a highly contaminated white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) population. Environ. Res. 228: 115923. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115923, more Lievens, S.; Vervoort, E.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Van Der Borght, M. (2023). A production and fractionation protocol for polyvinyl chloride microplastics. Methods and Protocols 6(1): 15. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mps6010015, more Hansen, E.; Skotnes, T.; Bustnes, O.; Helander, B.; Eulaers, I.; Sun, C.; Covaci, A.; Bardsen, J.; Zahn, S.; Criscuolo, F.; Bourgeon, S. (2022). Telomere length in relation to persistent organic pollutant exposure in white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings from Sweden sampled in 1995-2013. Environ. Res. 208: 112712. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.112712, more Schoeters, G.; Verheyen, V.J.; Colles, A.; Remy, S.; Rodriguez Martin, L.; Govarts, E.; Nelen, V.; Den Hond, E.; De Decker, A.; Franken, C.; Loots, I.; Coertjens, D.; Morrens, B.; Bastiaensen, M.; Gys, C.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Nawrot, T.; De Henauw, S.; Bellemans, M.; Leermakers, M.; van Larebeke, N.; Baeyens, W.; Jacobs, G.; Voorspoels, S.; Nielsen, F.; Bruckers, L. (2022). Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016–2020 (FLEHS IV). International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 242: 113972. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.113972, more Senta, I.; Rodríguez-Mozaz, S.; Corominas, L.; Covaci, A.; Petrovic, M. (2022). Applicability of an on-line solid-phase extraction liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry for the wastewater-based assessment of human exposure to chemicals from personal care and household products. Sci. Total Environ. 845: 157309. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157309, more Teunen, L.; De Jonge, M.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Belpaire, C.; Focant, J.-F.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2022). The relevance of European Biota Quality Standards on the ecological water quality as determined by the multimetric macro-invertebrate index: A Flemish case study. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 231: 113222. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113222, more Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Carroll, A.; Kemper, C.; Melvin, S. (2022). Exploring lipid affinities of persistent organic pollutants and MeO-PBDEs in blubber of marine mammals. Chemosphere 308(Part 3): 136448. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136448, more Wild, S.; Eulaers, I.; Covaci, A.; Bossi, R.; Hawker, D.; Cropp, R.; Southwell, C.; Emmerson, L.; Lepoint, G.; Eisenmann, P.; Bengtson Nash, S. (2022). South polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) as biovectors for long-range transport of persistent organic pollutants to Antarctica. Environ. Pollut. 292(Part A): 118358. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118358, more Amato, E.D.; Pfeiffer, F.; Estoppey, N.; Subotic, D.; Herweyers, L.; Breugelmans, T.; Weyn, M.; Du Bois, E.; Dardenne, F.; Covaci, A.; Town, R.M.; Blust, R. (2021). Field application of a novel active-passive sampling technique for the simultaneous measurement of a wide range of contaminants in water. Chemosphere 279: 130598. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130598, more Belova, L.; Fujii, Y.; Cleys, P.; Śmiełowska, M.; Haraguchi, K.; Covaci, A. (2021). Identification of novel halogenated naturally occurring compounds in marine biota by high-resolution mass spectrometry and combined screening approaches. Environ. Pollut. 289: 117933. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117933, more Fujii, Y.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Soeda, F.; Toda, A.; Haraguchi, K.; Covaci, A. (2021). Estimation of dietary intake and sources of organohalogenated contaminants among infants: 24-h duplicate diet survey in Fukuoka, Japan. Environ. Res. 195: 110745. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.110745, more Rios, J.M.; Mammana, S.B.; Moreira, E.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Barrera-Oro, E.; Covaci, A.; Ciocco, N.F.; Altamirano, J.C. (2021). Accumulation of PBDEs and MeO-PBDEs in notothenioid fish from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: An interspecies comparative study. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 168: 112453. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112453, more Teunen, L.; De Jonge, M.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Belpaire, C.G.J.; Focant, J.-F.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2021). Effect of abiotic factors and environmental concentrations on the bioaccumulation of persistent organic and inorganic compounds to freshwater fish and mussels. Sci. Total Environ. 799: 149448. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149448, more Wang, Z.; Altenburger, R.; Backhaus, T.; Covaci, A.; Diamond, M.L.; Grimalt, J.O.; Lohmann, R.; Schäffer, A.; Scheringer, M.; Selin, H.; Soehl, A.; Suzuki, N. (2021). We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste. Science (Wash.) 371(6531): 774-776. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abe9090, more Weltmeyer, A.; Dogruer, G.; Hollert, H.; Ouellet, J.D.; Townsend, K.; Covaci, A.; Weijs, L. (2021). Distribution and toxicity of persistent organic pollutants and methoxylated polybrominated diphenylethers in different tissues of the green turtle Chelonia mydas. Environ. Pollut. 277: 116795. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116795, more Bourillon, B.; Acou, A.; Trancart, T.; Belpaire, C.; Covaci, A.; Bustamante, P.; Faliex, E.; Amilhat, E.; Malarvannan, G.; Virag, L.; Aarestrup, K.; Bervoets, L.; Boisneau, C.; Boulenger, C.; Gargan, P.; Becerra-Jurado, G.; Lobón-Cerviá, J.; Maes, G.E.; Pedersen, M.I.; Poole, R.; Sjöberg, N.; Wickström, H.; Walker, A.; Righton, D.; Feunteun, E. (2020). Assessment of the quality of European silver eels and tentative approach to trace the origin of contaminants - A European overview. Sci. Total Environ. 743: 140675. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140675, more Capoccioni, F.; Leone, C.; Belpaire, C.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; De Matteis, G.; Tancioni, L.; Contò, M.; Failla, S.; Covaci, A.; Ciccotti, E. (2020). Quality assessment of escaping silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) to support management and conservation strategies in Mediterranean coastal lagoons. Environ. Monit. Assess. 192(9): 570. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10661-020-08533-6, more Lee, G.; Kim, S.; Bastiaensen, M.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Caballero Casero, N.; Gys, C.; Covaci, A.; Lee, S.; Lim, J.-E.; Mok, S.; Moon, H.-B.; Choi, G.; Choi, K. (2020). Exposure to organophosphate esters, phthalates, and alternative plasticizers in association with uterine fibroids. Environ. Res. 189: 109874. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109874, more Leone, C.; Capoccioni, F.; Belpaire, C.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Tancioni, L.; Contò, M.; Ciccotti, E. (2020). Evaluation of environmental quality of Mediterranean coastal lagoons using persistent organic pollutants and metals in thick-lipped grey mullet. Water 12(12): 3450. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3390/w12123450, more McGrath, T.J.; Poma, G.; Bombeke, J.; Covaci, A. (2020). A simplified screening method for short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins in food by gas chromatography-low resolution mass spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. 1631: 461574. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461574, more Remili, A.; Gallego, P.; Pinzone, M.; Castro, C.; Jauniaux, T.; Garigliany, M.-M.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Das, K. (2020). Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeding off Mozambique and Ecuador show geographic variation of persistent organic pollutants and isotopic niches. Environ. Pollut. 267: 115575. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115575, more Sun, J.; Covaci, A.; Bustnes, J.O.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Helander, B.; Bårdsen, B.-J.; Boertmann, D.; Dietz, R.; Labansen, A.L.; Lepoint, G.; Schulz, R.; Malarvannan, G.; Sonne, C.; Thorup, K.; Tøttrup, A.P.; Zubrod, J.P.; Eens, M.; Eulaers, I. (2020). Temporal trends of legacy organochlorines in different white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) subpopulations: a retrospective investigation using archived feathers. Environ. Int. 138: 105618. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105618, more Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Stevenson, G.; Kemper, C.; Tomo, I.; Leusch, F. (2020). Concentrations of some legacy pollutants have increased in South Australian bottlenose dolphins from 1989 to 2014. Environ. Res. 189: 109834. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109834, more Loseth, M.E.; Briels, N.; Flo, J.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Herzke, D.; Nygard, T.; Bustnes, J.O.; Jenssen, B.M.; Jaspers, V.L.B. (2019). White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) feathers from Norway are suitable for monitoring of legacy, but not emerging contaminants. Sci. Total Environ. 647: 525-533. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.333, more Loseth, M.E.; Briels, N.; Eulaers, I.; Nygard, T.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Herzke, D.; Bustnes, J.O.; Lepoint, G.; Jenssen, B.M.; Jaspers, V.L.B. (2019). Plasma concentrations of organohalogenated contaminants in white-tailed eagle nestlings - The role of age and diet. Environ. Pollut. 246: 527-534. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.028, more Possenti, C.D.; Poma, G.; Defossé, S.; Caprioli, M.; De Felice, B.; Romano, A.; Saino, N.; Covaci, A.; Parolini, M. (2019). Embryotoxic effects of in-ovo triclosan injection to the yellow-legged gull. Chemosphere 218: 827-835. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.187, more Schnitzler, J.G.; Reckendorf, A.; Pinzone, M.; Autenrieth, M.; Tiedemann, R.; Covaci, A.; Malarvannan, G.; Ruser, A.; Das, K.; Siebert, U. (2019). Supporting evidence for PCB pollution threatening global killer whale population. Aquat. Toxicol. 206: 102-104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.11.008, more Tran, T.A.M.; Malarvannan, G.; Hoang, T.L.; Nguyen, V.H.; Covaci, A.; Elskens, M. (2019). Occurrence of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in sediment and fish in Cau Hai lagoon of Central Vietnam: human health risk assessment. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 141: 521-528. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.03.006, more Weijs, L.; Leusch, F.; Covaci, A. (2019). Concentrations of legacy persistent organic pollutants and naturally produced MeO-PBDEs in dugongs (Dugong dugon) from Moreton Bay, Australia. Chemosphere 229: 500-508. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.033, more De Meyer, J.; Belpaire, C.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Herrel, A.; Maes, G.E.; Dirks, R.P.; Boeckx, P.; Bervoets, L.; Covaci, A.; Malarvannan, G.; Dhaene, J.; Adriaens, D. (2018). Head shape dimorphism in European eels ... the what, how and why story. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58: E48-E48, more De Meyer, J.; Belpaire, C.; Boeckx, P.; Bervoets, L.; Covaci, A.; Malarvannan, G.; De Kegel, B.; Adriaens, D. (2018). Head shape disparity impacts pollutant accumulation in European eel. Environ. Pollut. 240: 378-386. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.04.128, more Malysheva, S.V.; Goscinny, S.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Andjelkovic, M.; Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Van Loco, J. (2018). Development and validation of a quantitative UHPLC-MS/MS method for selected brominated flame retardants in food. Food additives & contaminants. Part A. Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment 35(2): 292-304. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2017.1393110, more Costantini, D.; Sebastiano, M.; Müller, M.S.; Eulaers, I.; Ambus, P.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Massa, B.; Dell'Omo, G. (2017). Individual variation of persistent organic pollutants in relation to stable isotope ratios, sex, reproductive phase and oxidative status in Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) from the Southern Mediterranean. Sci. Total Environ. 598: 179-187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.014, more Das, K.; Malarvannan, G.; Dirtu, A.; Dulau, V.; Dumont, M.; Lepoint, G.; Mongin, P.; Covaci, A. (2017). Linking pollutant exposure of humpback whales breeding in the Indian Ocean to their feeding habits and feeding areas off Antarctica. Environ. Pollut. 220(Part B): 1090-1099. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.032, more Dehnhard, N.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Demongin, L.; Van den Steen, E.; Covaci, A.; Pinxten, R.; Crossin, G.T.; Quillfeldt, P.; Eens, M.; Poisbleau, M. (2017). Organohalogenated contaminants in plasma and eggs of rockhopper penguins: does vitellogenin affect maternal transfer? Environ. Pollut. 226: 277-287. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.071, more Hanssen, S.A.; Sonne, C.; Bustnes, J.O.; Schnug, L.; Bourgeon, S.; Ballesteros, M.; Eulaers, I.; Moum, T.; Johnsen, T.V.; Kjelgaard-Hansen, M.; Herzke, D.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M.; Halley, D.J.; Erikstad, K.E.; Ims, R.A. (2017). Anti-parasite treatment and blood biochemistry in raptor nestlings. Can. J. Zool. 95(9): 685-693. https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2016-0040, more Rios, J.M.; Lana, N.B.; Ciocco, N.F.; Covaci, A.; Barrera-Oro, E.; Moreira, E.; Altamirano, J.C. (2017). Implications of biological factors on accumulation of persistent organic pollutants in Antarctic notothenioid fish. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 145: 630-639. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.08.009, more Sebastiano, M.; Bustamante, P.; Eulaers, I.; Malarvannan, G.; Mendez-Fernandez, P.; Churlaud, C.; Blévin, P.; Hauselmann, A.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M.; Costantini, D.; Chastel, O. (2017). Trophic ecology drives contaminant concentrations within a tropical seabird community. Environ. Pollut. 227: 183-193. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.040, more Souza, J.S.; Silva, C.C.; Costa, E.S.; Covaci, A.; Torres, J.P.M. (2017). Trace element distribution in feathers of Pygoscelis papua. European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters 46((Suppl. 1)): 257. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-017-1222-x, more Zabaleta, I.; Bizkarguenaga, E.; Izagirre, U.; Negreira, N.; Covaci, A.; Benskin, J.P.; Prieto, A.; Zuloaga, O. (2017). Biotransformation of 8:2 polyfluoroalkyl phosphate diester in gilthead bream (Sparus aurata). Sci. Total Environ. 609: 1085-1092. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.241, more Dirtu, A.C.; Malarvannan, G.; Das, K.; Dulau-Drouot, V.; Kiszka, J.; Lepoint, G.; Mongin, P.; Covaci, A. (2016). Contrasted accumulation patterns of persistent organic pollutants and mercury in sympatric tropical dolphins from the south-western Indian Ocean. Environ. Res. 146: 263-273. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.01.006, more Lehnert, K.; Ronnenberg, K.; Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Hellwig, V.; Siebert, U. (2016). Xenobiotic and immune-relevant molecular biomarkers in harbor seals as proxies for pollutant burden and effects. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 70(1): 106-120. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-015-0202-3, more Levin, M.; Gebhard, E.; Jasperse, L.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Eulaers, I.; Covaci, A.; Bossi, R.; De Guise, S. (2016). Immunomodulatory effects of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and perfluoroalkyl acids in East Greenland ringed seals (Pusa hispida). Environ. Res. 151: 244-250. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.013, more Louis, C.; Covaci, A.; Crocker, D.; Debier, C. (2016). Lipophilicity of PCBs and fatty acids determines their mobilisation from blubber of weaned northern elephant seal pups. Sci. Total Environ. 541: 599-602. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.094, more Peterson, M.G.; Peterson, S.H.; Debier, C.; Covaci, A.; Dirtu, A.C.; Malarvannan, G.; Crocker, D.E.; Costa, D.P. (2016). Serum POP concentrations are highly predictive of inner blubber concentrations at two extremes of body condition in northern elephant seals. Environ. Pollut. 218: 651-663. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.07.052, more Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Voorspoels, S.; Symons, N.; Malysheva, S.V.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. (2016). Determination of halogenated flame retardants in food: optimization and validation of a method based on a two-step clean-up and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Food Control 65: 168-176. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.01.027, more Sebastiano, M.; Bustamante, P.; Costantini, D.; Eulaers, I.; Malarvannan, G.; Mendez-Fernandez, P.; Churlaud, C.; Blévin, P.; Hauselmann, A.; Dell'Omo, G.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M.; Chastel, O. (2016). High levels of mercury and low levels of persistent organic pollutants in a tropical seabird in French Guiana, the Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens. Environ. Pollut. 214: 384-393. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.03.070, more Ali, N.; Ali, L.; Egani, A.; Ismail, L.; Malarvannan, G.; Kadi, M.; Basahi, J.; Covaci, A. (2015). Organohalogenated contaminants in sediments and bivalves from the Northern Arabian Gulf. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 122: 432-439. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.09.013, more Dorneles, P.; Lailson-Brito, J.; Secchi, E.; Dirtu, A.C.; Weijs, L.; Dalla Rosa, L.; Bassoi, M.; Cunha, H.; Azevedo, A.; Covaci, A. (2015). Levels and profiles of chlorinated and brominated contaminants in Southern Hemisphere humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae. Environ. Res. 138: 49-57. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.02.007, more Dyc, C.; Covaci, A.; Debier, C.; Leroy, C.; Delcroix, E.; Thomé, J.-P.; Das, K. (2015). Pollutant exposure in green and hawksbill marine turtles from the Caribbean region. Regional Studies in Marine Science 2: 158-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2015.09.004, more Louis, C.; Covaci, A.; Stas, M.; Crocker, E; Malarvannan, G.; Dirtu, A.C.; Debier, C. (2015). Bioaccumulation of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls and pentachlorophenol in the serum of northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris). Environ. Res. 136: 441-448. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.040, more Peterson, S.H.; Peterson, P.G.; Debier, C.; Covaci, A.; Dirtu, A.C.; Malarvannan, G.; Crocker, D.E.; Schwarz, L.K.; Costa, D.P. (2015). Deep-ocean foraging northern elephant seals bioaccumulate persistent organic pollutants. Sci. Total Environ. 533: 144-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.097, more Schwemmer, P; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Lepoint, G.; Adler, S; Garthe, S (2015). Assessment of contaminant levels and trophic relations at a World Heritage Site by measurements in a characteristic shorebird species. Environ. Res. 136: 163-172. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.021, more Weijs, L.; Briels, N.; Adams, D.; Lepoint, G.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2015). Bioaccumulation of organohalogenated compounds in sharks and rays from the southeastern USA. Environ. Res. 137: 199-207. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.12.022, more Weijs, L.; Briels, N.; Adams, D.; Lepoint, G.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2015). Maternal transfer of organohalogenated compounds in sharks and stingrays. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 92(1-2): 59-68. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.056, more Xu, F.; Garcia-Bermejo, A.; Malarvannan, G.; Gómara, B.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2015). Multi-contaminant analysis of organophosphate and halogenated flame retardants in food matrices using ultrasonication and vacuum assisted extraction, multi-stage cleanup and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. 1401: 33-41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2015.05.001, more Eulaers, I.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Halley, J; Lepoint, G.; Nygard, T; Pinxten, R.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M. (2014). Brominated and phosphorus flame retardants in White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla nestlings: bioaccumulation and associations with dietary proxies (d¹³C, d¹⁵N and d³⁴S). Sci. Total Environ. 478: 48-57. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.051, more Lana, B; Berton, P; Covaci, A.; Ciocco, F; Barrera-Oro, E; Atencio, A; Altamirano, C (2014). Fingerprint of persistent organic pollutants in tissues of Antarctic notothenioid fish. Sci. Total Environ. 499: 89-98. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.033, more Louis, C.; Dirtu, A.C.; Stas, M.; Guiot, Y.; Malarvannan, G.; Das, K.; Costa, P; Crocker, E; Covaci, A.; Debier, C. (2014). Mobilisation of lipophilic pollutants from blubber in northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris) during the post-weaning fast. Environ. Res. 132: 438-448. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.04.016, more Malarvannan, G.; Belpaire, C.; Geeraerts, C.; Eulaers, I.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2014). Assessment of persistent brominated and chlorinated organic contaminants in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in Flanders, Belgium: levels, profiles and health risk. Sci. Total Environ. 482: 222-233. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.127, more Sezmis, L; Birch, G; Covaci, A. (2014). Relationships between dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and dioxin-like biphenyls (dl-PCBs) congener concentrations in aquatic organisms from Sydney Estuary, Australia and physiology, spatial, seasonality, trophodynamic and life history traits. Sci. Total Environ. 490: 50-58. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.093, more Shawa, D; Berger, L; Weijs, L.; Papke, O; Covaci, A. (2014). Polychlorinated biphenyls still pose significant health risks to northwest Atlantic harbor seals. Sci. Total Environ. 490: 477-487. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.011, more Van Ael, E.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2014). Corrigendum to "Persistent organic pollutants in the Scheldt estuary: Environmental distribution and bioaccumulation" [Environ. Int. 48C (2012) 17-27]. Environ. 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Application of congener based multi-matrix profiling techniques to identify potential PCDD/F sources in environmental samples from the Burrishoole Catchment in the West of Ireland. Environ. Pollut. 184: 449-456. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.09.026, more Bechshoft, T.O.; Sonne, C.; Riget, F.F.; Letcher, R.J.; Novak, M.A.; Henchey, E.; Meyer, J.S.; Eulaers, I.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Covaci, A.; Dietz, R. (2013). Polar bear stress hormone cortisol fluctuates with the North Atlantic Oscillation climate index. Polar Biol. 36(10): 1525-1529. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1364-y, more Bustnes, J.O.; Bardsen, B.J.; Herzke, D.; Johnsen, T.V.; Eulaers, I.; Ballesteros, M.; Hanssen, S.A.; Covaci, A.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Eens, M.; Sonne, C.; Moum, T.; Nost, T.H.; Erikstad, K.E.; Ims, R.A. (2013). Plasma concentrations of organohalogenated pollutants in predatory bird nestlings: associations to growth rate and dietary tracers. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 32(11): 2520-2527. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2329, more Dupont, A.; Siebert, U.; Covaci, A.; Weijs, L.; Eppe, G.; Debier, C.; De Pauw-Gillet, M.-C.; Das, K. (2013). Relationships between in vitro lymphoproliferative responses and levels of contaminants in blood of free-ranging adult harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from the North Sea. Aquat. Toxicol. 142-143: 210-220. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.08.014, more Eulaers, I.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Bustnes, J.O.; Covaci, A.; Johnsen, T.V.; Halley, D.J.; Moum, T.; Hanssen, S.A.; Erikstad, K.E.; Herzke, D.; Sonne, C.; Ballesteros, M.; Pinxten, R.; Eens, M. (2013). Ecological and spatial factors drive intra- and interspecific variation in exposure of subarctic predatory bird nestlings to persistent organic pollutants. Environ. Int. 57-58: 25-33. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2013.03.009, more Hanssen, S.A.; Bustnes, J.O.; Schnug, L.; Bourgeon, S.; Johnsen, T.V.; Ballesteros, M.; Sonne, C.; Herzke, D.; Eulaers, I.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M.; Halley, D.J.; Moum, T.; Ims, R.A.; Erikstad, K.E. (2013). Antiparasite treatments reduce humoral immunity and impact oxidative status in raptor nestlings. Ecol. Evol. 3(16): 5157-5166. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.891, more Jaspers, V.L.B.; Sonne, C.; Soler-Rodriguez, F.; Boertmann, D.; Dietz, R.; Eens, M.; Rasmussen, L.M.; Covaci, A. (2013). Persistent organic pollutants and methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in different tissues of white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) from West Greenland. Environ. Pollut. 175: 137-146. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.12.023, more Pujolar, J.M.; Milan, M.; Marino, I.A.M.; Capoccioni, F.; Ciccotti, E.; Belpaire, C.; Covaci, A.; Malarvannan, G.; Patarnello, T.; Bargelloni, L.; Zane, L.; Maes, G.E. (2013). Detecting genome-wide gene transcription profiles associated with high pollution burden in the critically endangered European eel. Aquat. Toxicol. 132-133: 157-164. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.02.012, more Van Ael, E.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Lepoint, G.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2013). Factors influencing the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in food webs of the Scheldt estuary. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47(19): 11221-11231. dx.doi.org/10.1021/es400307s, more Vanden Berghe, M.; Weijs, L.; Habran, S.; Das, K.; Bugli, C.; Pillet, S.; Rees, J.F.; Pomeroy, P.; Covaci, A.; Debier, C. (2013). Effects of polychlorobiphenyls, polybromodiphenylethers, organochlorine pesticides and their metabolites on vitamin A status in lactating grey seals. Environ. Res. 120: 18-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2012.09.004, more Weijs, L.; Tibax, D.; Roach, A.C.; Manning, T.M.; Chapman, J.C.; Edge, K.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Assessing levels of halogenated organic compounds in mass-stranded long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) from Australia. Sci. Total Environ. 461–462: 117-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.090, more Weijs, L.; Yang, R.S.H.; Das, K.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R. (2013). Application of Bayesian population physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling and Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations to pesticide kinetics studies in protected marine mammals: DDT, DDE, and DDD in harbor porpoises. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47(9): 4365-4374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es400386a, more Bechshoft, T.O.; Riget, F.F.; Sonne, C.; Letcher, R.J.; Muir, D.C.G.; Novak, M.A.; Henchey, E.; Meyer, J.S.; Eulaers, I.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Eens, M.; Covaci, A.; Dietz, R. (2012). Measuring environmental stress in East Greenland polar bears, 1892-1927 and 1988-2009: what does hair cortisol tell us? Environ. Int. 45: 15-21. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.005, more Pujolar, J.M.; Marino, I.AM; Milan, M.; Coppe, A.; Maes, G.E.; Capoccioni, F.; Ciccotti, E.; Bervoets, L.; Covaci, A.; Belpaire, C.; Cramb, G.; Patarnello, T.; Bargelloni, L.; Bortoluzzi, S.; Zane, L. (2012). Surviving in a toxic world: transcriptomics and gene expression profiling in response to environmental pollution in the critically endangered European eel. BMC Genom. 13(507): 39. dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-507, more Shaw, S.D.; Berger, M.L.; Weijs, L.; Covaci, A. (2012). Tissue-specific accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) including Deca-BDE and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in harbor seals from the northwest Atlantic. Environ. Int. 44: 1-6. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.01.001, more Sonne, C.; Bustnes, J.O.; Herzke, D.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Covaci, A.; Eulaers, I.; Halley, D.J.; Moum, T.; Ballesteros, M.; Eens, M.; Ims, R.A.; Hanssen, S.A.; Erikstad, K.E.; Johnsen, T.V.; Riget, F.F.; Jensen, A.L.; Kjelgaard-Hansen, M. (2012). Blood plasma clinical-chemical parameters as biomarker endpoints for organohalogen contaminant exposure in Norwegian raptor nestlings. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 80: 76-83. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.02.012, more Van Ael, E.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2012). Persistent organic pollutants in the Scheldt estuary: Environmental distribution and bioaccumulation. Environ. Int. 48: 17-27. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.06.017, more Vanden Berghe, M.; Weijs, L.; Habran, S.; Das, K.; Bugli, C.; Rees, J.-F.; Pomeroy, P.P.; Covaci, A.; Debier, C. (2012). Selective transfer of persistent organic pollutants and their metabolites in grey seals during lactation. Environ. Int. 46: 6-15. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.011, more Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Yang, R.S.H.; Das, K.; Blust, R. (2012). Computational toxicology: physiologically based pharmacokinetic models (PBPK) for lifetime exposure and bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in marine mammals. Environ. Pollut. 163: 134-141. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.037, more Belpaire, C.; Geeraerts, C.; Roosens, L.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2011). What can we learn from monitoring PCBs in the European eel? A Belgian experience. Environ. Int. 37(2): 354-364. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2010.10.006, more Eulaers, I.; Covaci, A.; Hofman, J.; Nygard, T.; Halley, D.J.; Pinxten, R.; Eens, M.; Jaspers, V.L.B. (2011). A comparison of non-destructive sampling strategies to assess the exposure of white-tailed eagle nestlings (Haliaeetus albicilla) to persistent organic pollutants. Sci. Total Environ. 410: 258-265. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.070, more Jaspers, V.L.B.; Rodriguez, F.S.; Boertmann, D.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Rasmussen, L.M.; Eens, M.; Covaci, A. (2011). Body feathers as a potential new biomonitoring tool in raptors: a study on organohalogenated contaminants in different feather types and preen oil of West Greenland white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla). Environ. Int. 37(8): 1349-1356. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2011.06.004, more Pena-Abaurrea, M.; Covaci, A.; Ramos, L. (2011). Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the identification of organobrominated compounds in bluefin tuna. J. Chromatogr. 1218(39): 6995-7002. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2011.08.031, more Schnitzler, J.G.; Celis, N.; Klaren, P.H.M.; Blust, R.; Dirtu, A.C.; Covaci, A.; Das, K. (2011). Thyroid dysfunction in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): Underlying mechanisms and effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on thyroid hormone physiology and metabolism. Aquat. Toxicol. 105(3-4): 438-447. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.07.019, more Van den Steen, E.; Poisbleau, M.; Demongin, L.; Covaci, A.; Dirtu, A.C.; Pinxten, R.; van Noordwijk, H.; Quillfeldt, P.; Eens, M. (2011). Organohalogenated contaminants in eggs of rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) and imperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps) from the Falkland Islands. Sci. Total Environ. 409(14): 2838-2844. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.002, more Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Yang, R.; Das, K.; Blust, R. (2011). A non-invasive approach to study lifetime exposure and bioaccumulation of PCBs in protected marine mammals: PBPK modeling in harbor porpoises. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 256(2): 136-145. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2011.07.020, more Dorneles, P.; Lailson-Brito, J.; Dirtu, A.C.; Weijs, L.; Azevedo, A.; Torres, J.; Malm, O.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Das, K.; Covaci, A. (2010). Anthropogenic and naturally-produced organobrominated compounds in marine mammals from Brazil. Environ. Int. 36(1): 60-67. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2009.10.001, more Losada, S.; Santos, F.; Covaci, A.; Galceran, M. (2010). Gas chromatography-ion trap tandem mass spectrometry method for the analysis of methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fish. J. Chromatogr. 1217(32): 5253-5260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2010.06.023, more Roosens, L.; Geeraerts, C.; Belpaire, C.; Van Pelt, I.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2010). Spatial variations in the levels and isomeric patterns of PBDEs and HBCDs in the European eel in Flanders. Environ. Int. 36(5): 415-423. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2010.03.001, more Weijs, L.; Das, K.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2010). Occurrence of anthropogenic and naturally-produced organohalogenated compounds in tissues of Black Sea harbour porpoises. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 60(5): 725-731. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.11.022, more Weijs, L.; van Elk, C.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2010). Persistent organic pollutants and methoxylated PBDEs in harbour porpoises from the North Sea from 1990 until 2008: Young wildlife at risk? Sci. Total Environ. 409(1): 228-237. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.035, more Weijs, L.; Yang, R.S.H.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Blust, R. (2010). Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models for lifetime exposure to PCB 153 in male and female harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): model development and evaluation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 44(18): 7023-7030. dx.doi.org/10.1021/es101688h, more Dauwe, T.; Van den Steen, E.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Maes, K.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M. (2009). Interspecific differences in concentrations and congener profiles of chlorinated and brominated organic pollutants in three insectivorous bird species. Environ. Int. 35(2): 369-375. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2008.09.006, more Losada, S.; Roach, A.C.; Roosens, L.; Santos, F.J.; Galceran, M.T.; Vetter, W.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2009). Biomagnification of anthropogenic and naturally-produced organobrominated compounds in a marine food web from Sydney harbour, Australia. Environ. Int. 35(8): 1142-1149. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2009.07.008, more Storelli, M.; Losada, S.; Marcotrigiano, G.; Roosens, L.; Barone, G.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2009). Polychlorinated biphenyl and organochlorine pesticide contamination signatures in deep-sea fish from the Mediterranean Sea. Environ. Res. 109(7): 851-856. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2009.07.008, more van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Pecceu, B.; Theunis, L.; Dubois, N.; Charlier, C.; Jorens, P.G.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R.; Meulemans, H.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2009). Can cocaine use be evaluated through analysis of wastewater? A nation-wide approach conducted in Belgium. Addiction 104(5): 734-741. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02523.x, more Weijs, L.; Dirtu, A.C.; Das, K.; Gheorghe, A.; Reijnders, P.J.H.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2009). Inter-species differences for polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine top predators from the Southern North Sea: Part 1. Accumulation patterns in harbour seals and harbour porpoises. Environ. Pollut. 157(2): 437-444. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.024, more Weijs, L.; Das, K.; Siebert, U.; van Elk, N.; Jauniaux, T.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2009). Concentrations of chlorinated and brominated contaminants and their metabolites in serum of harbour seals and harbour porpoises. Environ. Int. 35(6): 842-850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2009.02.001, more Weijs, L.; Losada, S.; Das, K.; Roosens, L.; Reijnders, P.; Santos, J.F.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2009). Biomagnification of naturally-produced methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (MeO-PBDEs) in harbour seals and harbour porpoises from the Southern North Sea. Environ. Int. 35(6): 893-899. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2009.03.006, more Covaci, A.; Losada, S.; Roosens, L.; Vetter, W.; Santos, F.; Neels, H.; Storelli, A.; Storelli, M. (2008). Anthropogenic and naturally occurring organobrominated compounds in two deep-sea fish species from the Mediterranean Sea. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42(23): 8654-8660. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es8016528, more Kruitwagen, G.; Pratap, H.B.; Covaci, A.; Bonga, S.E.W. (2008). Status of pollution in mangrove ecosystems along the coast of Tanzania. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 56(5): 1022-1031. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.018, more Roosens, L.; Dirtu, A.C.; Goemans, G.; Belpaire, C.; Gheorghe, A.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2008). Brominated flame retardants and polychlorinated biphenyls in fish from the river Scheldt, Belgium. Environ. Int. 34(7): 976-983. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2008.02.009, more Weijs, L.; Dirtu, A.C.; Das, K.; Gheorghe, A.; Reijnders, P.J.H.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2008). Inter-species differences for polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine top predators from the Southern North Sea: Part 2. Biomagnification in harbour seals and harbour porpoises. Environ. Pollut. 157(2): 445-451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.025, more Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; Vetter, W.; Gelbin, A.; Jorens, P.G.; Blust, R.; Neels, H. (2007). Anthropogenic and naturally-occurring organobromine compounds in fish oil dietary supplements. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(15): 5237-5244. dx.doi.org/10.1021/es070239g, more Voets, J.; Talloen, W.; De Tender, T.; Van Dongen, S.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2006). Microcontaminant accumulation, physiological condition and bilateral asymmetry in zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) from clean and contaminated surface waters. Aquat. Toxicol. 79(3): 213-225. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.06.001, more Covaci, A.; Gheorghe, A.; Voorspoels, S.; Maervoet, J.; Steen Redeker, E.; Blust, R.; Schepens, P. (2005). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in sediment cores from Western Scheldt river, Belgium: analytical aspects and depth profiles. Environ. Int. 31(3): 367-375. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2004.08.009, more Janák, K.; Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; Becher, G. (2005). Hexabromocyclododecane in marine species from the western Scheldt Estuary: diastereoisomer- and enantiomer-specific accumulation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39(7): 1987-1994. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es0484909, more Jacobs, M.N.; Covaci, A.; Gheorghe, A.; Schepens, P. (2004). Time Trend Investigation of PCBs, PBDEs, and Organochlorine Pesticides in Selected n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Rich Dietary Fish Oil and Vegetable Oil Supplements; Nutritional Relevance for Human Essential n-3 Fatty Acid Requirements. J. Agric. Food Chem. 52(6): 1780-1788. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf035310q, more Jacobs, M.N.; Covaci, A.; Gheorghe, A.; Schepens, P. (2004). Time trend investigation of PCBs, PBDEs, and organochlorine pesticides in selected n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid rich dietary fish oil and vegetable oil supplements; Nutritional relevance for human essential n-3 fatty acid requirements. J. Agric. Food Chem. 52(6): 1780-1788. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1021/jf035310q, more Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Maervoet, J.; De Meester, I.; Schepens, P. (2004). Levels and profiles of PCBs and OCPs in marine benthic species from the Belgian North Sea and the Western Scheldt Estuary. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 49(5-6): 393-404. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.02.024, more Chu, S.; Covaci, A.; Haraguchi, K.; Voorspoels, S.; Van de Vijver, K.; Das, K.; Bouquegneau, J.-M.; De Coen, W.M.; Blust, R.; Schepens, P. (2003). Levels and enantiomeric signatures of methyl sulfonyl PCB and DDE metabolites in livers of Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Southern North Sea. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37(20): 4573-4578. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es034241t, more Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; de Boer, J. (2003). Determination of brominated flame retardants, with emphasis on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in environmental and human samples: a review. Environ. Int. 29(6): 735-756. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00114-4, more Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Schepens, P. (2003). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine species from the Belgian North Sea and the Western Scheldt Estuary: levels, profiles, and distribution. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37(19): 4348-4357. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es034503r, more Covaci, A.; de Boer, J.; Ryan, J.J.; Voorspoels, S.; Schepens, P. (2002). Distribution of organobrominated and organochlorinated contaminants in Belgian human adipose tissue. Environ. Res. 88(3): 210-218, more Covaci, A.; Van de Vijver, K.; De Coen, W.; Das, K.; Bouquegneau, J.M.; Blust, R.; Schepens, P. (2002). Determination of organohalogenated contaminants in liver of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded on the Belgian North Sea coast. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 44(10): 1157-1165. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00147-9, more Jacobs, M.N.; Covaci, A.; Schepens, P. (2002). Investigation of selected persistent organic pollutants in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), salmon aquaculture feed, and fish oil components of the feed. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36(13): 2797-2805. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1021/es011287i, more
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Covaci, A.; Dirtu, A.C. (2008). Brominated flame retardants: analytical, toxicological and environmental aspects, in: Popescu, C. et al. (Ed.) Applications of mass spectrometry in life safety. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Applications of Mass Spectrometry in Life Safety, Arad, Romania, 24-27 September 2007. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series: A. Chemistry and Biology, : pp. 153-184. dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8811-7_11, more Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Maervoet, J.; Schepens, P. (2004). PBDEs in marine and freshwater sediments from Belgium: levels, profiles and relations with biota. J. Environ. Monit. 6(11): 914-918. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b410243f, more Chu, S.; Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; Schepens, P. (2003). The distribution of octachlorostyrene (OCS) in environmental samples from Europe. J. Environ. Monit. 5(4): 619-625. dx.doi.org/10.1039/b304364a, more Chu, S.; Covaci, A.; Van de Vijver, K. (2003). Enantiomeric signatures of chiral polychlorinated biphenyl atropisomers in livers of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the southern North Sea. J. Environ. Monit. 5(3): 521-526, more
Book chapters (22) [show]
Lehnert, K.; Ronnenberg, K.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Siebert, U. (2014). Xenobiotic molecular biomarkers in harbour seals as proxies for pollutant burden and effects?, in: Abstract book 28th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society: Marine mammals as sentinels of a changing environment, Liège, Belgium, 5-9th April 2014. pp. 43, more Peterson, S.; Peterson, M.; Debier, C.; Covaci, A.; Costa, D. (2014). Northern elephant seals: integrators of persistent organic pollutants in the deep ocean, in: Abstract book 28th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society: Marine mammals as sentinels of a changing environment, Liège, Belgium, 5-9th April 2014. pp. 209, more Weijs, L.; Jauniaux, T.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2014). Baseline levels of POPs and MeO-PBDEs in melons, mandibular fat, blubber and liver of harbour porpoises from the North Sea, in: Abstract book 28th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society: Marine mammals as sentinels of a changing environment, Liège, Belgium, 5-9th April 2014. pp. 246, more Weijs, L.; Dirtu, A.C.; Das, K.; Gheorghe, A.; Reijnders, P.J.H.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Inter-species differences for polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominateddiphenyl ethers in marine top predators from the Southern North Sea: Part 2.Biomagnification in harbour seals and harbour porpoise, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 45-57, more Weijs, L.; Yang, R.S.H.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Blust, R. (2013). Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models for lifetime exposure to PCB 153 in male and female harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): Model development and validation, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 135-166, more Weijs, L.; Yang, R.S.H.; Das, K.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R. (2013). Application of Bayesian population PBPK modeling and Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations to pesticide kinetics studies in protected marine mammals: DDT, DDE, DDD in harbour porpoises, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 229-256, more Weijs, L.; Das, K.; Siebert, U.; van Elk, N.; Jauniaux, T.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Concentrations of chlorinated and brominated contaminants and their metabolites in serum of harbour seals and harbour porpoises, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 61-75, more Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Yang, R.S.H.; Das, K.; Blust, R. (2013). Computational toxicology: physiologically based pharmacokinetic models (PBPK) for lifetime exposure and bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in marine mammals, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 199-225, more Weijs, L.; Tibax, D.; Roach, A.C.; Manning, T.M.; Chapman, J.C.; Edge, K.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Assessing pollution in victims of mass-stranding events: long-finned pilot whales from Australia, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 111-127, more Weijs, L.; Dirtu, A.C.; Das, K.; Gheorghe, A.; Reijnders, P.J.H.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Inter-species differences for polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine top predators from the Southern North Sea: Part 1. Accumulation patterns in harbour seals and harbour porpoises, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 29-43, more Weijs, L.; Das, K.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Occurrence of anthropogenic and naturally-produced organohalogenated compounds in tissues of Black Sea harbour porpoises, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 79-89, more Weijs, L.; Roach, A.C.; Yang, R.S.H.; McDougall, R.; Lyons, M.; Housand, C.; Tibax, D.; Manning, T.M.; Chapman, J.C.; Edge, K.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R. (2013). Lifetime PCB 153 bioaccumulation and pharmacokinetics in pilot whales: Bayesian population PBPK modeling and Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 257-272, more Weijs, L.; van Elk, C.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Persistent organic pollutants and methoxylated PBDEs in harbour porpoises from the North Sea from 1990 until 2008: Young wildlife at risk?, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 91-109, more Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Yang, R.S.H.; Das, K.; Blust, R. (2013). A non-invasive approach to study lifetime exposure and bioaccumulation of PCBs in protected marine mammals: PBPK modeling in harbour porpoises, in: Weijs, L. Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. pp. 167-198, more Voets, J.; Bervoets, L.; Smolders, R.; Covaci, A.; De Coen, W.M.; Blust, R. (2010). Biomonitoring environmental pollution in freshwater ecosystems using Dreissena polymorpha, in: van der Velde, G. et al. (Ed.) The Zebra mussel in Europe. pp. 301-321, more Roosens, L.; Dirtu, A.; Goemans, G.; Belpaire, C.; Gheorghe, A.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2008). Brominated flame retardants in eels from River Scheldt, in: Belpaire, C. Pollution in eel: a cause of their decline? = Verontreiniging in paling: een oorzaak van zijn achteruitgang?. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, M.2008.2: pp. 45-63, more Covaci, A.; Gheorghe, A.; Voorspoels, S.; Maervoet, J.; Steen Redeker, E.; Blust, R.; Schepens, P. (2006). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in sediment cores from Western Scheldt river, Belgium: analytical aspects and depth profiles, in: Voorspoels, S. Environmental distribution of brominated flame retardants in Belgium = Verspreiding van gebromeerde vlamvertragers in het Belgische milieu. pp. 83-91, more Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; de Boer, J. (2006). Determination of brominated flame retardants, with emphasis on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in environmental and human samples: a review, in: Voorspoels, S. Environmental distribution of brominated flame retardants in Belgium = Verspreiding van gebromeerde vlamvertragers in het Belgische milieu. pp. 55-76, more Janák, K.; Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; Becher, G. (2006). Hexabromocyclododecane in marine species from the western Scheldt Estuary: diastereoisomer- and enantiomer-specific accumulation, in: Voorspoels, S. Environmental distribution of brominated flame retardants in Belgium = Verspreiding van gebromeerde vlamvertragers in het Belgische milieu. pp. 229-236, more Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Schepens, P. (2006). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine species from the Belgian North Sea and the Western Scheldt Estuary: levels, profiles, and distribution, in: Voorspoels, S. Environmental distribution of brominated flame retardants in Belgium = Verspreiding van gebromeerde vlamvertragers in het Belgische milieu. pp. 99-111, more Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Maervoet, J.; Schepens, P. (2006). PBDEs in marine and freshwater sediments from Belgium: levels, profiles and relations with biota, in: Voorspoels, S. Environmental distribution of brominated flame retardants in Belgium = Verspreiding van gebromeerde vlamvertragers in het Belgische milieu. pp. 93-97, more Wevers, M.; De Fré, R.; Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Schepens, P.; Matheeussen, C.; Van Hooste, H. (2004). Verspreiding van persistente organische polluenten (POP's), in: Van Steertegem, M. MIRA-T 2004: milieu- en natuurrapport Vlaanderen: thema´s. pp. 159-171, more
Thesis [show]
Covaci, A. (2002). Environmental analysis and biomonitoring of persistent organohalogenated pollutants = Milieuanalyse en biomonitoring van persistente organogehalogeneerde polluenten. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen: Antwerpen. [169] pp., more
Abstracts (11) [show]
Van Ael, E.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2013). Biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants in food webs from the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 15 February 2013. VLIZ Special Publication, 63: pp. 91, more Weijs, L.; Briels, N.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Shark fin soup from a toxicological perspective: eat it or leave it?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 15 February 2013. VLIZ Special Publication, 63: pp. 108, more Schnitzler, J.G; Michel, L.; Klaren, P.H.M.; Celis, N.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A.; Dirtu, A.; Thomé, J.-P.; Das, K. (2011). Thyroid hormone disrupting chemicals in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from European coasts, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 48: pp. 78, more Van Ael, E.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2011). Distribution and bioaccumulation of micropollutants in an estuarine ecosystem, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 48: pp. 90, more Weijs, L.; van Elk, C.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2011). Persistent organic pollutants in harbour porpoises from the North Sea from 1990 until 2008: Young wildlife at risk?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 48: pp. 110, more Weijs, L.; Das, K.; Siebert, U.; van Elk, N.; Jauniaux, T.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2009). PCBs, PBDEs and their metabolites in serum of harbour seals and harbour porpoises, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 76, more Weijs, L.; Losada, S.; Das, K.; Roosens, L.; Reijnders, P.J.H.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2009). Levels of naturally produced methoxylated MeO-PBDEs and their biomagnification in harbour seals and harbour porpoises from the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 77, more Weijs, L.; Dirtu, A.C.; Das, K.; Gheorghe, A.; Reijnders, P.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2008). Occurrence and profiles of PCBs and PBDEs in harbour seals and harbour porpoises from the southern North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 73, more Covaci, A. (2004). Distribution of organic pollutants in biota from the Belgian North Sea and the Scheldt estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 21-22, more Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; Van de Vijver, K.; Das, K.; Bouquegneau, J.-M.; De Coen, W.M.; Blust, R.; Schepens, P. (2003). Determination of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the southern North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 28 February 2003: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 12: pp. 26-27, more Voorspoels, S.; De Mey, T.; Covaci, A.; Schepens, P. (2003). Brominated flame retardants in benthic organisms of the Belgian North Sea and the Scheldt estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 28 February 2003: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 12: pp. 60-61, more
Reports (4) [show]
Everaert, G.; Aerts, R.; Bourgois, J.; Buysse, A.; Covaci, A.; De Rijcke, M.; Diopere, E.; Hooyberg, A.; Lachat, C.; Lahousse, L.; Mees, J.; Michels, N.; Plusquin, M.; Raes, F.; Rappé, K.; Roose, H.; Severin, M.I.; Van Campenhout, K.; Vanhaecke, L.; Janssen, C.; Asselman, J. (2024). Het belang van de oceaan voor onze gezondheid: Rapport van de Ostend Working Group on Ocean and Human Health. VLIZ Special Publication, 92. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. ISBN 9789464206272. 22 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/93, more Teunen, L.; Belpaire, C.; Dardenne, F.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A.; Bervoets, L. (2020). Veldstudies naar monitoring van biota in het kader van de rapportage van de chemische toestand voor de Kaderrichtlijn Water 2015-2018: Algemene trends en relaties. Universiteit Antwerpen (UA)/Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO)/Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM): Antwerpen. 99 pp., more Wevers, M.; Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Roosens, L.; Neels, H.; Schepens, P.; Belpaire, C.; Goemans, G.; de Boer, J.; D'Havé, H.; De Coen, W.M.; Van Hooste, H. (2007). Milieurapport Vlaanderen. MIRA Achtergronddocument 2007: verspreiding van persistente organische polluenten. Vlaamse Milieu Maatschappij: Erembodegem. 51 pp., more Wevers, M.; Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Schepens, P.; Belpaire, C.; Goemans, G.; de Boer, J.; D'Havé, H.; De Coen, W.M.; Van Hooste, H. (2005). Milieurapport Vlaanderen. MIRA Achtergronddocument 2005: verspreiding van gebromeerde vlamvertragers. Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM): Erembodegem. 29 pp., more
Other publications (16) [show]
Weijs, L.; Briels, N.; Adams, D.H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2013). Shark fin soup from a toxicological perspective: Eat it or leave it? Poster at the VLIZ Young Scientist's Day 15 February 2013. University of Antwerp: Antwerpen. 1 poster pp., more Covaci, A.; Weijs, L.; Berger, M.L.; Neels, H.; Shaw, S.D. (2010). MEO-PBDES, HO-PBDES and HO-PCBS in liver samples of harbor seals from the northwest Atlantic. Organohalogen Compounds 72: 685-688, more Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Blust, R. (2010). Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models for the bioaccumulation of PBDEs in male harbour porpoises. Organohalogen Compounds 72: 672-675, more Weijs, L.; van Elk, C.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2010). Persistent organic pollutants in harbour porpoises from the North Sea from 1990 until 2008: Young wildlife at risk? Organohalogen Compounds 72: 676-679, more Covaci, A.; Weijs, L.; Roosens, L.; Berger, M.L.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Shaw, S.D. (2009). Accumulation of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDS) and their metabolites in pup and adult harbour seals from the northwest Atlantic. Organohalogen Compounds 71: 001486-001491, more Pena-Abaurrea, M.; Weijs, L.; Ramos, L.; Borghesi, N.; Corsolini, S.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2009). Anthropogenic and naturally-produced organobrominated compounds in bluefin tuna from the Mediterranean Sea. Organohalogen Compounds 76(11): 1477-1482. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.07.004, more Shaw, S.D.; Berger, M.L.; Roosens, L.; Covaci, A. (2009). Specific accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers including deca-BDE in tissues of harbor seals from the northwest Atlantic. Organohalogen Compounds 71: 002520-002525, more Weijs, L.; Yang, R.S.H.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R. (2009). A lifetime physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for CB 153 in harbour porpoises: in silico tool for predicting concentrations of future lipophilic pollutants. Organohalogen Compounds 71: 001416-001421, more Weijs, L.; Das, K.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2009). Levels and profiles of persistent organic pollutants in several tissues of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Black Sea. Organohalogen Compounds 71: 001432-001436, more Dorneles, P.R.; Lailson-Brito, J.; Covaci, A.; Dirtu, A.C.; Weijs, L.; Azevedo, A.F.; Torres, J.P.; Malm, O.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Das, K. (2008). Concentrations of organobrominated compounds of natural and industrial origin in top predators from Brazilian waters. Organohalogen Compounds 70: 000821-000824, more Losada, S.; Roach, A.C.; Roosens, L.; Santos, F.J.; Galceran, M.T.; Vetter, W.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2008). Naturally-occurring and anthropogenic organobrominated compounds in marine species from Sydney Harbour, Australia. Organohalogen Compounds 70: 000321-000324, more Weijs, L.; Das, K.; Siebert, U.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2008). PCBs, PBDEs and their hydroxylated metabolites in serum of free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina): levels and profiles. Organohalogen Compounds 70: 000837-000840, more Goemans, G.; Roosens, L.; Dirtu, A.C.; Belpaire, C.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. (2007). Brominated flame retardants in eel from the Scheldt river (Belgium). Organohalogen Compounds 69: 445-448, more Weijs, L.; Gheorghe, A.; Dirtu, A.C.; Das, K.; Reijnders, P.; Neels, H.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2007). Levels and profiles of PCBs and PBDEs in harbour seal and harbour porpoise from the southern North Sea. Organohalogen Compounds 69: 825-828, more Bervoets, L.; Voets, J.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. (2005). Hoe vervuild zijn onze oppervlaktewaters?: driehoeksmosselen geven het antwoord. Water augustus: 37-49, more Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; Schepens, P. (2004). Verspreiding van vlamvertragers in Noordzee en Schelde. Aquarama 7(26): 28-31, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (4) [show]
Briels, N. (2013). Bioaccumulatie van organische polluenten in haaien en roggen van de oostkust van de VS. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen: Antwerpen. 91 + Bijlagen pp., more Weijs, L. (2013). Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals = Ontwikkeling van fysiologisch gebaseerde farmacokinetische modellen voor de bioaccumulatie vanpersistente organische polluenten in zeezoogdieren. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Departement Biologie: Antwerpen. ISBN 978-90-5728-411-3 . iv, 327 pp., more Weijs, L. (2007). Bioaccumulatiemodel voor microcontaminanten bij de gewone zeehond (Phoca vitulina) en bruinvis (Phocoena phocoena). MSc Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Antwerpen. 82 pp., more Voorspoels, S. (2006). Environmental distribution of brominated flame retardants in Belgium = Verspreiding van gebromeerde vlamvertragers in het Belgische milieu. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen: Antwerpen. ISBN 90-5728-060-4. XVII, 263 pp., more

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