Polybrominated diphenyl ether contamination levels in fish from the Antarctic and the Mediterranean Sea

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 693-698

  Borghesi, Nicoletta ^a   Corsolini, Simonetta ^a   Leonards, Pim ^b   Brandsma, Sicco ^b   de Boer, Jacob ^b   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Fish; Mediterranean Sea; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION;

ANTARCTIC SPECIES; ANTARCTICA; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SPAWNING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNA;

ANTARCTICA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHIONODRACO HAMATUS; GYMNOSCOPELUS NICHOLSI; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; TETRA; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TREMATOMUS;

EID: 70349422137     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.07.035     Document Type: Article

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