From Sediment to Top Predators: Broad Exposure of Polyhalogenated Carbazoles in San Francisco Bay (U.S.A.)

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 2038 - 2046
• Main Authors: Wu, Yan, Tan, Hongli, Sutton, Rebecca, Chen, Da
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 21.02.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic ecosystems; Bays; Bioaccumulation; Birds; Bivalvia; blubber; carbazoles; Carbazoles - analysis; Carbazoles - metabolism; Contamination; Dioxins; eggs; Fish; Fishes - metabolism; Food Chain; game fish; Lipids; Metabolism; Phoca vitulina; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; predators; San Francisco; Sediments; soil; tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; toxicity; trophic levels; United States; United States > US; USA; INE, USA, California, San Francisco Bay; United States

The present study provides the first comprehensive investigation of polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZs) contamination in an aquatic ecosystem. PHCZs have been found in soil and aquatic sediment from several different regions, but knowledge of their bioaccumulation and trophodynamics is extremely scar...