Snow and ice concentrations of selected persistent pollutants in the Ob-Yenisey River watershed

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 306, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 27-37

  Melnikov, S ^a   Carroll, J ^b   Gorshkov, A ^a   Vlasov, S ^a   Dahle, S ^b  

^a Reg Ctr Monitoring of the Arctic   (Russian Federation)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ice; Oil hydrocarbons; Organochlorines; PAHs; Pollutants; Snow; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

WATERSHEDS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HYDROCARBON; ICE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SNOW;

DDT; HYDROCARBON; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATERSHED;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS; ICE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SNOW; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0242668420     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00482-5     Document Type: Article

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