2,2’,4,5’-TetraBDE (BDE-49)
formula: C12H6Br4O; CAS Registry Number: 243982-82-3
Specific congener of the group of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
Specimen
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  Bioindicator in rivers and lakes
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  Fine insoluble mineral or organic particles in the water phase
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  One of the most important edible mussel species common in the North and Baltic Sea
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  Inshore, the herring gull mainly feeds from the sea: upon fish, mussels, and crabs.
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  A major primary producer in semi-natural and anthropogenic affected ecosystems.
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  A major primary producer in semi-natural and anthropogenic affected ecosystems.
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  A deciduous tree typical of ecosystems close to dense conurbations and an indicator for the characterisation of the immission situation during the vegetation period.
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  As the most dominant deciduous tree species in Central Europe, it plays a significant role in most nearly natural and also anthropogenically influenced forest ecosystems up to an altitude of 1100 m.
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  The roe deer is the most common of the larger herbivores (first order-consumer) to be found in the wild in Europe.
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  As an organism living at ground level, it is a major driver of the decomposition of organic material (e.g. plant litter).
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  As an organism living at ground level, it is a major driver of the decomposition of organic material (e.g. plant litter).
Sampling area
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  The only high mountains national park in Germany and an area of the Limestone Alps with international relevance
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  Important, old-industrialised conurbation in Germany.
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  Main water divide between the North- and Baltic Sea
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  Longest river in Germany
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  Germany's first national park
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  National Park in the largest brackish water (Bodden) habitat of the world.
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  National park in the world largest connected sand and mud flats.
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  Fourth largest river basin in Central Europe
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  Region in the chemical triangle of Central Germany
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  Germany's largest forest national park
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  Second highest and largest low mountain range in Northern Germany
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  Germany's largest connected forest area in a range of low mountains
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  The Upper Bavarian Tertiary Uplands are a part of the Southern German Molasse Basin
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  Second largest river in Europe
Sampling period
1985 - 2016