Bioaccumulation of perfluorochemicals in sediments by the aquatic oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4600-4606

  Higgins, Christopher P ^a,b   Mcleod, Pamela B ^a   Macmanus Spencer, Laura A ^a,c   Luthy, Richard G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; WORM TISSUES;

ACETIC ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

2 (N ETHYLPERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDO)ACETIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETIC ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANNELID; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANNELID WORM; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OLIGOCHAETA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 34447257883     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062792o     Document Type: Article

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