Occurrence of perfluorinated organic acids in the North and Baltic seas. Part 1: Distribution in sea water

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1057-1069

  Theobald, Norbert ^a   Caliebe, Christina ^a   Gerwinski, Wolfgang ^a   Hühnerfuss, Heinrich ^b   Lepom, Peter ^c  

^a FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; North Sea; Perfluorinated compounds; PFC; PFOA; PFOS; Sea water

Indexed keywords

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID; SEA WATER;

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX; MOBILITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACID; POPULATION DENSITY; SOLUBILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC STATES; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BALTIC STATES; DECANOIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; NORTH SEA; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ELBE RIVER; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79961167388     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0451-2     Document Type: Article

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