Levels and distribution patterns of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in surface sediments from galicia coast (north-western, spain) according to granulometric characteristics

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 919-930

  Carro, N ^a   Garcia I ^a   Ignacio, M ^a   Mouteira, A ^a  

^a Centro de control de calidad del medio marino   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hierarchical cluster analysis (hca); Polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs); Principal components analysis (pca); Surface marine sediments

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CHLORINATED CONGENERS; DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONGENER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SURFACE MARINE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; PCB; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

GALICIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0036024715     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332308618362     Document Type: Article

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