Sources and geochemical constraints of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments and mussels of two Northern Irish Sea-loughs

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1073-1081

  Guinan, J ^a   Charlesworth, M ^a   Service, M ^b   Oliver, T ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mussels; Organic carbon; PAHs; Particle geochemistry; Sediments; Source

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

PYROGENIC INPUTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; CARBON; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GEOCHEMISTRY; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

IRISH SEA;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0035195929     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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