Regional distribution of PCBs and presence of technical PCB mixtures in sediments from Norwegian and Russian Arctic Lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 306, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 85-97

  Skotvold, Trond ^a   Savinov, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lake sediments; North Norway; North Russia; PCB; Technical PCB mixtures

Indexed keywords

LAKES; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORWAY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0037403536     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00486-2     Document Type: Article

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