Altitudinal distributions of BDE-209 and other polybromodiphenyl ethers in high mountain lakes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1816-1822

  Bartrons, Mireia ^a,b   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Catalan, Jordi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

High mountains; Lakes; Long range transport; Microbial biofilms; Organohalogen compounds; Polybromodiphenyl ethers; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOUNTAINS; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUNDS; POLYBROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALTITUDE CONTROL; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; ETHERS; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LAKES;

2,2'3,3',4,4',5,5'6,6' DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; BIOFILM; LAKE WATER; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAKE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; THERMOREGULATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CARPATHIANS; PYRENEES; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956225353     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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