PMID- 16504358
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070802
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 0269-7491 (Print)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 144
IP  - 1
DP  - 2006 Nov
TI  - Distribution and transportability of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in the 
      Asia-Pacific region using skipjack tuna as a bioindicator.
PG  - 238-47
AB  - The geographical distribution of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) was investigated 
      through analysis of muscle tissue of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) collected 
      from offshore waters of Asia-Pacific region (Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, 
      Indonesia, Seychelles, Brazil, Japan Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Indian 
      Ocean and North Pacific Ocean). HBCD was detected in almost all samples analyzed 
      (<0.1 to 45 ng/g lipid weight basis), indicating widespread presence of this 
      compound in the marine environment. Elevated concentrations of HBCD were found in 
      skipjack tuna from areas around Japan, which have the larger modern 
      industrial/urban societies, and implicated these areas as primary regional 
      sources. All three individual HBCD isomers (alpha-, gamma- and beta-HBCD) were 
      detected in almost all samples; the percentage contribution of the alpha-isomer 
      to total HBCD increased with increasing latitude. The estimated empirical 1/2 
      distance for alpha-HBCD was 8500 km, which is one of the highest atmospheric 
      transportability among various halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
FAU - Ueno, Daisuke
AU  - Ueno D
AD  - National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, P.O. 
      Box 5050, Burlington ON L7R 4A6, Canada. ueno@qg8.so-net.ne.jp 
      <ueno@qg8.so-net.ne.jp>
FAU - Alaee, Mehran
AU  - Alaee M
FAU - Marvin, Chris
AU  - Marvin C
FAU - Muir, Derek C G
AU  - Muir DC
FAU - Macinnis, Gordia
AU  - Macinnis G
FAU - Reiner, Eric
AU  - Reiner E
FAU - Crozier, Patrick
AU  - Crozier P
FAU - Furdui, Vasile I
AU  - Furdui VI
FAU - Subramanian, Annamalai
AU  - Subramanian A
FAU - Fillmann, Gilberto
AU  - Fillmann G
FAU - Lam, Paul K S
AU  - Lam PK
FAU - Zheng, Gene J
AU  - Zheng GJ
FAU - Muchtar, Muswerry
AU  - Muchtar M
FAU - Razak, Hamidah
AU  - Razak H
FAU - Prudente, Maricar
AU  - Prudente M
FAU - Chung, Kyu-hyuck
AU  - Chung KH
FAU - Tanabe, Shinsuke
AU  - Tanabe S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060228
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
RN  - 0 (Industrial Waste)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 5I9835JO3M (hexabromocyclododecane)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Asia
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Flame Retardants/*analysis
MH  - Food Chain
MH  - Geography
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/*analysis
MH  - Industrial Waste
MH  - Muscles/chemistry
MH  - Pacific Ocean
MH  - Seawater
MH  - Tuna/*metabolism
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
EDAT- 2006/03/01 09:00
MHDA- 2007/08/03 09:00
CRDT- 2006/03/01 09:00
PHST- 2005/11/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/12/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/03/01 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/08/03 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/03/01 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(06)00022-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.024 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2006 Nov;144(1):238-47. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.024. Epub 
      2006 Feb 28.