Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in flounder (Platichthys flesus) in the southern Baltic Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-141

  Waszak, Ilona ^a   Dabrowska, Henryka ^a   Góra, Agnieszka ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; BSAFs; Flounder; Gonads; Liver; Muscle; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BSAFS; FLOUNDER; GONADS; PBDES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; LIVER; MUSCLE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLATFISH; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUSCLE; PBDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GONAD; HALOGENATION; HERRING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SALMON; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUNDER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GONADS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LIPIDS; LIVER; MUSCLES; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK;

CLUPEIDAE; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 84863873073     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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