Tracing organophosphorus and brominated flame retardants and plasticizers in an estuarine food web

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-31

  Brandsma, Sicco H ^a   Leonards, Pim E G ^a   Leslie, Heather A ^a   de Boer, Jacob ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; HBCDs; PBDEs; PFRs; Trophic magnification; Western Scheldt

Indexed keywords

HBCDS; PBDES; PFRS; SCHELDT; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATIONS;

BIOACCUMULATION;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ALPHA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; BDE 100; BDE 28; BDE 47; BDE 99; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; EHDPP; FLAME RETARDANT; GAMMA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANT; PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIS(2 CHLOROETHYL) ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRIS(1,3 DICHLOROISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 BUTOXYETHYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 CHLOROISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(BUTYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(ISOBUTYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(METHYLPHENYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(PHENYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLASTICIZERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PBDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARENICOLA MARINA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; FISH; FOOD WEB; GOBY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; SCULPIN; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FOOD CHAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NETHERLANDS; WESTERSCHELDE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLASTICIZERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84908592646     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.072     Document Type: Article

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