Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments around England and Wales, and their possible biological significance

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 773-790

  Woodhead, R J ^a,b   Law, R J ^a   Matthiessen, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Gas Research and Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicological assessment; HPLC; Hydrocarbons; PAH; Pollution monitoring; Sediments

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FLUORESCENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032819157     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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