Styrofoam Debris as a Source of Hazardous Additives for Marine Organisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4951-4960

  Jang, Mi ^a,b   Shim, Won Joon ^a,b   Han, Gi Myung ^a   Rani, Manviri ^a   Song, Young Kyoung ^a,b   Hong, Sang Hee ^a,b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HAZARDS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLLUSCS; SUBSTRATES;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ORGANISMS;

DEBRIS;

EPOXY RESIN; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLOXAMER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WASTE;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FOAM; LIPID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLASTIC; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DANGEROUS GOODS; ISOMERISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLIC STABILITY; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; STEREOISOMERISM; AQUATIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WASTE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYETHYLENE; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84969856080     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05485     Document Type: Article

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