Perfluorinated chemicals in surface waters and sediments from northwest Georgia, USA, and their bioaccumulation in Lumbriculus variegatus

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2194-2201

  Lasier, Peter J ^a   Washington, John W ^b   Hassan, Sayed M ^a   Jenkins, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Lumbriculus variegatus; Perfluorinated chemicals; Sediment; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOTA-SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTORS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; GEORGIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; RIVER WATERSHEDS; TISSUE SAMPLES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICALS; ECOSYSTEMS; HISTOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TISSUE; WASTEWATER;

SURFACE WATERS;

PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORINE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INVERTEBRATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFONATE; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORM;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEORGIA; OLIGOCHAETA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COOSA RIVER; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 80052615271     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.622     Document Type: Article

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