Global Pollution Monitoring of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Using Skipjack Tuna as a Bioindicator

• Main Authors: Ueno, Daisuke, Kajiwara, Natsuko, Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Subramanian, Annamalai, Fillmann, Gilberto, Lam, Paul K.S., Zheng, Gene J., Muchitar, Muswerry, Razak, Hamidah, Prudente, Maricar, Chung, Kyu Hyuck, Tanabe, Shinsuke
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3601; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4603/type/native/viewcontent/es035323k.html
• Institution: De La Salle University

To elucidate the global distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), these chemicals were determined in the muscle of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) collected from offshore waters of various regions in the world (Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Seychelles, and Brazil, and the J...