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Table 1 Substances analyzed in marine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank

From: Chemicals of emerging concern in marine specimens of the German Environmental Specimen Bank

Acronymb

Substance name

CAS no.

Sampling site/matrix/time period

NS 1

NS 2

BS

BM

EP-f

EP-l

BM

EP-f

EP-l

BM

EP-f

EP-l

1985–2015

2015

 

2015

2015

 

1992–2015

2015

 

Flame retardants

 syn-DPc,d

Dechlorane Plus, syn-isomer

135821-03-3

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 antiDPc,d

Dechlorane Plus, anti-isomer

135821-74-8

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 Dec 602

Dechlorane 602

31107-44-5

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 Dec 603

Dechlorane 603

13560-92-4

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 Dec 604

Dechlorane 604

34571-16-9

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 Cl10-antiDP

Decachloropentacyclooctadecadiene

Not available

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 Cl11-antiDP

Undecachloropentacyclooctadecadiene

Not available

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 1,5-DPMA

1,5-Dechlorane Plus mono-adduct

135821-04-4

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 EH-TBB (EHTeBB)

2-Ethylhexyl 2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate

183658-27-7

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 BEH-TEBP (TBDEHP; TBPH)

Bis(2-ethylhexyl)-tetrabromophthalate

26040-51-7

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 PBEB

2,3,4,5,6-Pentabromoethylbenzene

85-22-3

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 PBT

2,3,4,5,6-Pentabromotoluene

87-83-2

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 TBP-AE (ATE)

2,4,6-Tribromophenyl allyl ether

3278-89-5

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 BATE

2-Bromoallyl 2,4,6-tribromophenyl ether

99717-56-3

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 TBP-DBPE (DBPE)

2,4,6-Tribromophenyl-2,3-dibromopropyl ether

35109-60-5

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 BTBPE

1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane

37853-59-1

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 DBDPE

Decabromodiphenyl ethane

84852-53-9

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 HBBz

1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexabromobenzene

87-82-1

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 TBA

2,4,6-Tribromoanisole

607-99-8

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

 ∑ 6 PBDE

Polybrominated diphenylether

32534-81-9

x

x (2003–2017)

  

x (2003–2017)

  

x (2003–2017)

 

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substancesa

NS 1

NS 2

BS

BM

EP-f

EP-l

BM

EP-f

EP-l

BM

EP-f

EP-l

1988–2008

2003–2017

1994–2009

1993–2008

2003–2017

1993–2009+2015

1994–2008

2003–2017

1994–2008+2015

 PFBA

Perfluorobutanoate

375-22-4/2218-54-4

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

 PFPeA

Perfluoropentanoate

2706-90-3

x

 

x

x

 

x

  

x

 PFHxA

Perfluorohexanoate

307-24-4

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 PFHpA

Perfluoroheptanoate

375-85-9

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 PFNAc

Perfluorononanoate

375-95-1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 PFDAc

Perfluorodecanoate

335-76-2

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 PFUnDAc

Perfluoroundecanoate

2058-94-8

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

 PFDoDAc

Perfluorododecanoate

307-55-1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 PFTriDAc

Perfluorotridecanoate

72629-94-8

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

 PFTeDA

Perfluorotetradecanoate

373-06-7

     

x (2015)

  

x (2015)

 PFBS

Perfluorobutane sulfonate

375-73-5/59933-66-3/45187-15-3

 

x

  

x

x (2015)

 

x

x (2015)

 PFHxSc

Perfluorohexane sulfonate

355-46-4/108427-53-8

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 PFHpS

Perfluoroheptane sulfonate

375-92-8

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

 PFDS

Perfluorodecane sulfonate

335-77-3/126105-34-8

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 PFOSA

Perfluorooctane sulfonamide

754-91-6

x

x

 

x

x

x (2015)

x

x

x (2015)

 PFOAc

Perluorooctanoic acid

335-67-1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 PFOS

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid

1763-23-1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes

NS 1

NS 2

BS

BM

EP-f

EP-l

BM

EP-f

EP-l

BM

EP-f

EP-l

 

2018

  

2018

  

2018

 

 D4c

Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane

556-67-2

 

x

  

x

  

x

 

 D5c

Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane

541-02-6

 

x

  

x

  

x

 

 D6c

Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane

540-97-6

 

x

  

x

  

x

 
  1. Italics: substances identified by ICES [8] as chemicals of emerging concern
  2. aNot included are 25 PFAS that were only analyzed in 1 year and were not detected in any sample (data shown in Additional file 1: Tables S11 and S13)
  3. bAlternative acronyms in brackets
  4. cClassified as SVHC under REACH
  5. dSVHC classification refers to the sum of syn- and antiDP (= DP, CAS-No. 13560-89-9); Sampling sites: NS 1: North Sea—Lower Saxony Wadden Sea; NS 2: North Sea—Schleswig–Holstein Wadden Sea; BS: Baltic Sea—Bodden National Park; specimens: BM: blue mussel; EP-f: eelpout filet; EP-l: eelpout liver