Brominated flame retardants in mangrove sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, South China: Spatial distribution, temporal trend and mass inventory

Chemosphere

Volumn 123, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-32

  Zhang, Zai Wang ^a,e   Sun, Yu Xin ^a   Sun, Kai Feng ^a   Xu, Xiang Rong ^a   Yu, Shen ^b   Zheng, Tian Ling ^c   Luo, Xiao Jun ^d   Tian, Yun ^c   Hu, Yong Xia ^a   Diao, Zeng Hui ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Distribution; Mangrove; Sediment; The Pearl River Estuary

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RIVERS; WETLANDS;

1 ,2-BIS(2 ,4 ,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); DISTRIBUTION; MANGROVE; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; BIBENZYL DERIVATIVE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INVENTORY; MANGROVE; NEW RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; ESTUARY; MANGROVE; SEDIMENT; WETLAND; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; SEASON;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTUARIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84920882219     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.11.042     Document Type: Article

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