Enantiospecific perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) analysis reveals evidence for the source contribution of PFOS-precursors to the Lake Ontario foodweb

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7653-7660

  Asher, Brian J ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   De Silva, Amila O ^b   Backus, Sean ^b   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Wong, Charles S ^a,c   Martin, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; BIOACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; DIPOREIA; ENANTIOMER FRACTIONS; ENANTIOSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FOOD WEBS; HUMAN SERUM; IN-SITU; INVERTEBRATE SPECIES; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE TROUT; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; RAINBOW SMELT; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; SLIMY SCULPIN; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; TOP PREDATOR;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE WATER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFONATE (ESTER); TELEOST;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENANTIOMER; FISH; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; ONTARIO; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

COTTUS COGNATUS; DIPOREIA; INVERTEBRATA; OSMERUS; PISCES; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 84863893903     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301160r     Document Type: Article

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