Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of marine coastal lagoons in Messina, Italy: Extraction and GC/MS analysis, distribution and sources

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-149

  Giacalone, Alba ^a   Gianguzza, Antonio ^a   Mannino, Maria Rosaria ^a   Orecchio, Santino ^a   Piazzese, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal marine lagoons; Organic matter content; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

'DRY' [; COASTAL LAGOONS; COASTAL MARINE LAGOON; DISTRIBUTION RATIO; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY IN SELECTED ION MONITORING MODE; GASCHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS; MATRIX; MOLECULAR RATIOS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 3042606098     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630490433223     Document Type: Article

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