Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and decabromodiphenyl ethane in fish from a river system in a highly industrialized area, South China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 419, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-115

  He, Ming Jing ^a,b   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Chen, Man Ying ^a,b   Sun, Yu Xin ^a,b   Chen, She Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

BAFs; BSAFs; DBDPE; Dongjiang River; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

BAFS; BDE-209; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; BIOACCUMULATION MODELS; BIOTA-SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTORS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BSAFS; CONGENER PROFILES; DBDPE; DEBROMINATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING HABITS; FISH SPECIES; INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS; PBDES; POLLUTED RIVERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SOUTH CHINA; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; FISH; FLAME RETARDANTS; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

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

BIOACCUMULATION; DEGRADATION; FISH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PBDE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTA SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTOR; BROMINATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FISH; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BROMOBENZENES; CATFISHES; CHINA; CICHLIDS; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; DONG RIVER;

CYPRINIDAE; PLECOSTOMUS;

EID: 84862790318     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.035     Document Type: Article

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