Hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Baltic Sea biota Natural production, food web distribution and biotransformation

" When you can't run anymore, you crawl, and when you can't do that, you find someone to carry you "-Joss Whedon's Firefly ep.12-Till alla er som hjälpt till att bära i List of papers This thesis is based on the following papers, referred to in the text by their roman numerals, I-IV: I Lindqvist D., Dahlgren E., and Asplund L. (2017) Biosynthesis of hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers and the correlation with photosynthetic pigments in the red alga Ceramium tenuicorne. Phyto-chemistry 133, 51-58. (2014). Lipid-soluble conjugates of hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in blue mussels from the Baltic Sea. (2016) Trophic transfer of naturally produced brominated aromatic compounds in a Baltic Sea food chain. IV Lindqvist D. and Asplund L. (Manuscript) Determination of hydrox-ylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in blood from Baltic grey seals. All published material is reprinted with the permission of the publishers. The following papers have also contributed to the content of this thesis but are not included: [1] Jensen S., Lindqvist D., and Asplund L. (2009). Lipid extraction and determination of halogenated phenols and alkylphenols as their pen-tafluorobenzoyl derivatives in marine organisms. Seasonal variation of hydroxylated and methoxylated brominated di-phenyl ethers in blue mussels from the Baltic Sea. Chemosphere 84, 527-532. (2015). Induced production of brominated aromatic compounds in the alga Ceramium tenuicorne.