Using compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis to trace metabolism and trophic transfer of PCBs and PBDEs in fish from an e-waste site, South China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4062-4068

  Zeng, Yan Hong ^a,b   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Yu, Le Huan ^a,b   Chen, Hua Shan ^a   Wu, Jiang Ping ^a   Chen, She Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND-SPECIFIC CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO;

CARBON; DECHLORINATION; FISH; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WASTES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ABUNDANCE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYPRINID; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PBDE; PCB; PERCIFORM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FISH; MINERAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; ELECTRONICS; FISHES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84877604170     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304558y     Document Type: Article

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