title: PBDEs, methoxylated PBDEs and HBCDs in Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus) from Korean offshore waters.
abstract: Little information is available on the levels of brominated compounds found in biota from the Korean Peninsula. In this study, Japanese common squids (Todarodes pacificus) were analyzed for 38 polybrominated diphenyl ethers, two methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers and three stereoisomers of hexabromocyclododecane (alpha, beta, and gamma-HBCD) from the east and western coasts of the Korean Peninsula. Among 38 PBDEs, 10 PBDEs were detected and their total concentrations ranged from 21 to 292ng/g lipid wt with a mean concentration of 108ng/g lipid wt, while two MeO-BDEs and three isomers of HBCDs were detected in all samples. BDE47 showed the highest residual level, followed by BDE99, 154, 153, 28/33. Concentrations of PBDEs and MeO-BDEs were not significantly different between the both sides of the Korean Peninsula; however, HBCD concentrations were higher levels in the East/Japan Sea than the Yellow Sea, indicating that HBCD sources possibly exist in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, Marine Industry Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Tongyeong 650-160, Republic of Korea. kgb@gnu.ac.kr <kgb@gnu.ac.kr>
authors.forename: Gi Beum
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Stapleton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis*; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000032:analysis*; D007723:Korea; D009792:Oceans and Seas
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; C089796:hexabromocyclododecane