Mass budget and dynamics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 881-905

  Lipiatou, E ^a   Tolosa, I ^a   Simo R ^b   Bouloubassi, I ^b   Dachs, J ^c   Marti, S ^c   Sicre, M A ^a   Bayona, J M ^b   Grimalt, J O ^a   Saliot, A ^c   Albaiges J ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c Marine Science and Technology Programme (MAST)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MASS BUDGET; PAH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

EID: 0030716222     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00093-8     Document Type: Article

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