TBT contamination identified in Antarctic marine sediments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1142-1144

  Negri, A P ^a   Hales, L T ^b   Battershill, C ^a   Wolff, C ^a   Webster, N S ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Antifouling; Breaker; Ice; TBT; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ANTIFOULING PAINT; CONTAMINATION; HULLS (SHIP); IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS;

NEAR-SHORE SEDIMENTS; ROSS SEA, ANTARCTICA; SHIP GROUNDINGS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BIOCIDE; PAINT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTIFOULING; BUTYLTIN; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SHIP; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SHIPS; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 2542475162     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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