Detection of a cyclic perfluorinated acid, perfluoroethylcyclohexane sulfonate, in the great lakes of North America

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8060-8066

  De Silva, Amila O ^a   Spencer, Christine ^a   Scott, Brian F ^a   Backus, Sean ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; DETECTION LIMITS; FISH TISSUE; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; PERFLUORINATED ACIDS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; SHORTER CHAINS; TOP PREDATOR; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WET WEIGHT; WHOLE BODY;

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FISH; IMPURITIES; TISSUE;

LAKES;

CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROETHYLCYCLOHEXANE SULFONATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRCRAFT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; INHIBITOR; LAKE POLLUTION; SALMONID; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FISH; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOHEXANES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; GREAT LAKES REGION; LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SULFONIC ACIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 80053408845     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200135c     Document Type: Article

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