Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in a marine foodweb of coastal Florida

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8243-8250

  Johnson Restrepo, Boris ^a,c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a   Addink, Rudolf ^a   Adams, Douglas H ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ETHERS; FOOD ADDITIVES; LIPIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE MAMMALS; SHARKS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; PBDE; PCB;

ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOLPHIN; EVALUATION; FISH; FOOD WEB; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SHARK; TELEOST; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; ETHERS; FISHES; FLORIDA; FOOD CHAIN; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARIUS FELIS; BAIRDIELLA CHRYSOURA; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; MAMMALIA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; STENELLA (CETACEA); TELEOSTEI; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 27644449837     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051551y     Document Type: Article

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