Changes in physiological responses of an Antarctic fish, the emerald rock cod (Trematomus bernacchii), following exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

• Published in: Aquatic Toxicology
• Main Authors: Ghosh, Ruma, Lokman, P. Mark, Lamare, Miles D., Metcalf, Victoria J., Burritt, David J., Davison, William, Hageman, Kimberly J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Island; McMurdo Station; Scott Base; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/372380; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.11.019

Although polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have the ability to undergo long-range atmospheric transport to remote ecosystems like Antarctica, a recent study found evidence for a local source within the Antarctic. PBDEs from sewage treatment outfalls of McMurdo Station and Scott Base on Ross Isl...