Spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and hexabromocyclododecanes in sediments from coastal waters of Korea

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 713-719

  Ramu, Karri ^a   Isobe, Tomohiko ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Kim, Eun Young ^a   Min, Byung Yoon ^b   We, Sung Ug ^b   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HBCDs; Korea; Organic carbon; PBDEs; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS;

CONGENER COMPOSITIONS; HBCDS; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; KOREA; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 196; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 197; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 206; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 207; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 209; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PBDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRAPPING;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; DRY WEIGHT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KOREA; PHOTODEGRADATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION;

KOREA;

EID: 77950627909     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.02.048     Document Type: Article

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