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Environmental Characteristics of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Marine System, with Emphasis on Marine Organisms and Sediments
Joint Authors
Ren, Zongming
Wang, Weiliang
Zhang, Ying
Song, Jinming
Yuan, Huamao
Yan, Huijun
Zhang, Jinpeng
Pei, Zhen
He, Zhipeng
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-11-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), due to their widespread usage as flame retardants and their lipophilicity and persistence, have become ubiquitous in the environment.
It is urgent to understand the environmental characteristics of PBDEs in marine system, but they have attracted little attention.
We summarize the available data and analyze the regional distributions, controlling factors, and congener patterns of PBDEs in marine and associated environmental matrixes worldwide.
Based on meta-analysis, after separating the estuarial sites from the marine sites, ignoring the extraordinary sample sites such as those located just near the point source, the PBDE concentration levels are still in the same order of magnitude from global scale.
Despite Principal Component Analysis, the congener patterns of sediments are predominant with the heavy brominated congeners (BDE-209 contributing over 75% to the total load) while the biota abound with the light ones (BDE-47, BDE-99, and BDE-100 taking about 80%).
The ratio between BDE-99 and BDE-100 for the lower trophic-level species often turns to be greater than 1, while for those higher species the ratio may be below 1, and some species feed mainly on the crustaceans and zooplankton seems to have a higher ratio value.
The data of the PBDEs in marine system are currently limited; thus, data gaps are identified as well.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhang, Ying& Wang, Weiliang& Song, Jinming& Ren, Zongming& Yuan, Huamao& Yan, Huijun…[et al.]. 2016. Environmental Characteristics of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Marine System, with Emphasis on Marine Organisms and Sediments. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096852
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhang, Ying…[et al.]. Environmental Characteristics of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Marine System, with Emphasis on Marine Organisms and Sediments. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096852
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhang, Ying& Wang, Weiliang& Song, Jinming& Ren, Zongming& Yuan, Huamao& Yan, Huijun…[et al.]. Environmental Characteristics of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Marine System, with Emphasis on Marine Organisms and Sediments. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096852
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1096852