Survey of patterns, levels, and trends of perfluorinated compounds in aquatic organisms and bird eggs from representative German ecosystems

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1457-1470

  Rüdel, Heinz ^a   Müller, Josef ^a   Jürling, Heinrich ^a   Bartel Steinbach, Martina ^b   Koschorreck, Jan ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue mussels; Bream; Cormorant; Eelpout; Environmental specimen bank; PFOS

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EGG; GUIDELINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SPECIMEN BANK; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

AVES; COLUMBA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 85027922488     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0501-9     Document Type: Article

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