Novel methoxylated polybrominated diphenoxybenzene congeners and possible sources in herring gull eggs from the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 9523-9530

  Chen, Da ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a   Gauthier, Lewis T ^a   Chu, Shaogang ^a   McCrindle, Robert ^b   Potter, Dave ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Research Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; BROMIDE ANIONS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED SUBSTANCES; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ELECTRON IMPACT MASS SPECTRA; ELECTRON-CAPTURE NEGATIVE IONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; GREAT LAKES; HIGH QUALITY; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; POLYBROMO; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BROMINE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGATIVE IONS;

LAKES;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BENZENE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BROMINE; CLEANUP; EGG; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; HERRING; LAKE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EGGS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [UNITED KINGDOM]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; MICHIGAN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGINAW BAY; SHELTER ISLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 81055149531     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201325g     Document Type: Article

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