Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) and Selected Precursors in the Baltic Sea Environment: Do Precursors Play a Role in Food Web Accumulation of PFAAs?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 6354-6362

  Gebbink, Wouter A ^a,b   Bignert, Anders ^c   Berger, Urs ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISH;

BALTIC SEA; ETHYL DERIVATIVES; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; GUILLEMOT EGGS; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SULFONIC ACID; TROPHIC LEVEL;

MEATS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; POLLUTANT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; PRECURSOR; SEDIMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 84975451179     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01197     Document Type: Article

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