Brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in San Francisco Bay sediments and wildlife

Environment International

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-65

  Klosterhaus, Susan L ^a   Stapleton, Heather M ^b   La Guardia, Mark J ^c   Greig, Denise J ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bird egg; Fish; Flame retardant; San Francisco Bay; Seal

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; ETHANE; FISH; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE FLAME RETARDANTS; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; DECHLORANE PLUS; DRY WEIGHT; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS; FOOD WEBS; HARBOR SEALS; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; NORTH AMERICAN; PHOCA VITULINA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SAN FRANCISCO BAY; WHITE CROAKER;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS (2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; DECHLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BAY; BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINE; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOOD WEB; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PBDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BAY; DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD WEB; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEDIMENT; SHINER SURFPERCH; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WHITE CROAKER; WILDLIFE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CYMATOGASTER AGGREGATA; GENYONEMUS LINEATUS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 84863188218     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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