Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) alter larval settlement of marine intertidal organisms across three phyla via reducing bacterial abundance on the biofilms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7772-7781

  Chiu, Jill M Y ^a   Po, Beverly H K ^b   Chan, Christine Y S ^b   Lam, Michael H W ^c   Qian, Pei Yuan ^d   Wu, Rudolf S S ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; BODY BURDEN; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; ELEGANS; HARMFUL EFFECTS; LARVAL STAGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; MOLLUSCA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SPIKING CONCENTRATION; THREE MODELS;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GASTROPOD; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYCHAETE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BODY BURDEN; CREPIDULA ONYX; FEMALE; HYDROIDES ELEGANS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; LARVA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CREPIDULA ONYX; GASTROPODA; HYDROIDES ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; THORACICA;

EID: 84863913034     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300261c     Document Type: Article

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