Trophic magnification of poly- and perfluorinated compounds in a subtropical food web

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5506-5513

  Loi, Eva I H ^a,b   Yeung, Leo W Y ^a,b,d   Taniyasu, Sachi ^b   Lam, Paul K S ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-HAZARDS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; FLUORINATED COMPOUND; FOOD WEBS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HONG-KONG; MAI PO MARSHES; NATURE RESERVES; ORGANIC FLUORINE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; TOTAL FLUORINE; WATERBIRDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOLOGY; FLUORINE; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; TROPICS; USER INTERFACES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOATE; PERFLUORODODECANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOATE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORINE; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; PLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC STATUS; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; GASTROPOD; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER BIRD; WORM; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; INVERTEBRATES; LIVER; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANKTON; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHINA; HONG KONG; MAI PO NATURE RESERVE; NEW TERRITORIES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PISCES;

EID: 79959896721     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200432n     Document Type: Article

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