Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) enters the food web of the River Po and is metabolically debrominated in resident cyprinid fishes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4966-4972

  Viganò, Luigi ^a   Roscioli, Claudio ^a   Guzzella, Licia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDE 179; BDE 188; Bioaccumulation; Freshwater fishes; PBDEs and PCBs

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC LIFE; BDE-179; BDE-188; BDE-209; CHEMICAL STRESSORS; COMMON CARP; DEBROMINATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; FOOD WEBS; FRESHWATER FISHES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PBDES AND PCBS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ETHERS; FISH; MEATS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; RIVER WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; ETHER; FISH; FOOD WEB; PBDE; PCB; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRESS; CYPRINIFORMES; DEBROMINATION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HALOGENATION; ITALY; LIVER; MALE; RIVERS; SEX FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ITALY; PO RIVER;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 80053454439     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.062     Document Type: Article

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