Occurrence, bioaccumulation and long-range transport of short-chain chlorinated paraffins on the Fildes Peninsula at King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Environment International
• Main Authors: Li, Huijuan, Fu, Jianjie, Zhang, Aigian, Zhang, Qinghua, Wang, Yawei
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Short-chain Chlorinated Paraffins (Sccps); Antarctica; Biomagnification; Long-range Transport; Antarctic; The Antarctic; King George Island; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Ardley; Ardley Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/35911; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.005

As a candidate persistent organic pollutant of the Stockholm Convention, short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) have recently received particular attention. In this study, we investigated, for the first time, the concentrations of SCCPs in biota samples collected from the Fildes Peninsula at King...