Perfluoroalkylated substances in the global tropical and subtropical surface oceans

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 13076-13084

  González Gaya, Belén ^a,b   Dachs, Jordi ^b   Roscales, Jose L ^a   Caballero, Gemma ^b   Jiménez, Begoña ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUN; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROALKYLATED SUBSTANCES;

TROPICS;

ALKYL GROUP; CHLOROPHYLL A; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GYRE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC ACID; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TRAVEL; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SEA; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPROATES; DECANOIC ACIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FLUOROCARBONS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERNATIONALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922773460     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503490z     Document Type: Article

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