Spatial distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds in coastal waters from the East to South China Sea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-169

  Cai, Minghong ^a,b   Zhao, Zhen ^c,d,e   Yang, Haizhen ^a   Yin, Zhigao ^a   Hong, Qingquan ^f   Sturm, Renate ^c   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^c   Ahrens, Lutz ^c,g   Cai, Minggang ^f   He, Jianfeng ^b   Xie, Zhiyong ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; East China Sea; Perfluoroalkyl compounds; PFCs; Polyfluoroalkyl compounds; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; EAST CHINA SEA; PERFLUOROALKYL COMPOUNDS; PFCS; POLYFLUOROALKYL COMPOUNDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CARBOXYLATION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEAWATER; SHIPS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALKYL GROUP; N ETHYLPERFLUOROSULFONAMIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEPTANOATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOATE; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; FUJIAN; GUANGDONG; NINGBO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANGHAI; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIZHOU; XIAMEN; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 80155138269     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.045     Document Type: Article

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