The distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Narragansett Bay surface sediments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 351-358

  Hartmann, Paul C ^a,b   Quinn, James G ^a   Cairns, Robert W ^a   King, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Narragansett Bay; PAHs; Principal component analysis; Source ratios

Indexed keywords

COAL; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

EFFECTS RANGE MEDIAN (ERM); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH);

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

COAL; CREOSOTE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

PAH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242274395     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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