Trifluoroacetate profiles in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6555-6560

  Scott, B F ^a   Macdonald, R W ^b   Kannan, K ^c   Fisk, A ^d   Witter, A ^e   Yamashita, N ^f   Durham, L ^g,h   Spencer, C ^a   Muir, D C G ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRIAN SEA; OCEAN PROFILES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TRIFLUOROACETATE (TFA);

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

ANILIDE; CARBON 14; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

MARINE POLLUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 24644510193     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es047975u     Document Type: Article

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