Perfluoroalkyl substance contamination of the Llobregat River ecosystem (Mediterranean area, NE Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 503-504, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-57

  Campo, Julian ^a   Pérez, Francisca ^b   Masiá, Ana ^a   Picó, Yolanda ^a   Farré, Marinel la ^b   Barceló, Damià ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Distribution; Hazard quotient; LC MS MS; Mediterranean rivers; Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOHAZARDS; CARBOXYLATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE SEPARATION; RIVERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD QUOTIENTS; LC-MS/MS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BARBUS GRAELLSII; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; DAPHNIA; HEALTH HAZARD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; METABOLISM; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SPAIN;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CAPRYLATES; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84909580040     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.094     Document Type: Article

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