Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and hexabromocyclododecane in the northwest Atlantic marine food web

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3323-3329

  Shaw, Susan D ^a   Berger, Michelle L ^a   Brenner, Diane ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b   Lohmann, Nina ^c   Päpke, Olaf ^c  

^a Center for Marine Studies   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDE 209; Brominated flame retardants; Harbor seals; HBCD; PBDEs; Teleost fishes

Indexed keywords

BDE-209; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HARBOR SEALS; HBCD; PBDES; TELEOST FISHES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FISH; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD WEB; PBDE; PINNIPED; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; PHOCA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PHOCA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; TETRA;

EID: 62949211584     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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