Perfluorinated alkyl acids in water, sediment and wildlife from Sydney Harbour and surroundings

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2869-2875

  Thompson, Jack ^a   Roach, Anthony ^b   Eaglesham, Geoff ^c   Bartkow, Michael E ^d   Edge, Katelyn ^b   Mueller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d Seqwater   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biota; Perfluorinated compounds; PFOA; PFOS; Sydney

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOTA; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PFOA; PFOS; SYDNEY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOMARKERS; BIRDS; GEOMETRY; SHELLFISH;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BUTYRIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; BIRD; DOMINANCE; FLUORINE; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC ACID; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOTA; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ESTUARY; FISH; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; MUGIL CEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SACCOSTREA COMMERCIALIS; SEDIMENT; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCTANOIC ACIDS; OSTREIDAE; SEAWATER; SMEGMAMORPHA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; HOMEBUSH BAY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARRAMATTA RIVER; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

AVES; EUDOCIMUS; IBIS; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; MUGIL CEPHALUS; OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA COMMERCIALIS; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA;

EID: 81855166647     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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