@misc{suehring_fingerprint_analysis_2015, 
author={Suehring, R., Barber, J.L., Wolschke, H., Koetke, D., Ebinghaus, R.},
title={Fingerprint analysis of brominated flame retardants and Dechloranes in North Sea sediments},
year={2015},
howpublished = {journal article},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.05.018},
abstract = {In order to do that a fast and effective ASE extraction method with an on-line clean-up was developed as well as a GC-EI-MSMS and LC-ESI-MSMS method to analyse PBDEs, MeOBDEs, alternate BFRs, Dechloranes as well as TBBPA and HBCDD. A fingerprinting method was adopted to identify representative area-specific patterns based on detection frequency as well as concentrations of individual compounds. Concentrations in general were low, with<1 ng g−1 dw for most compounds. Exceptions were the comparably high concentrations of BDE-209 with up to 7 ng g−1 dw in selected samples and TBBPA in UK samples with 2.7±1.5 ng g−1 dw. Apart from BDE-209 and TBBPA, alternate BFRs and Dechloranes were predominant in all analysed samples, displaying the increasing relevance of these compounds as environmental contaminants.},
note = {Online available at: \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.05.018} (DOI). Suehring, R.; Barber, J.; Wolschke, H.; Koetke, D.; Ebinghaus, R.: Fingerprint analysis of brominated flame retardants and Dechloranes in North Sea sediments. Environmental Research. 2015. vol. 140, 569-578. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.05.018}}