Distribution of organochlorine compounds in the sea-surface microlayer, water column and sediment of singapore's coastal environment

Chemosphere

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1105-1115

  Wurl, Oliver ^a   Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Organochlorines; Partitioning; Sea surface microlayer; Sediments; Southeast Asia; Water column process

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COGENERATION PLANTS; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ORGANOCHLORINES; PARTITIONING; SEA-SURFACE MICROLAYER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WATER COLUMN PROCESS;

SEDIMENTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COASTAL ZONES; COGENERATION PLANTS; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COASTAL SEDIMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; EUROPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEDIMENT; SINGAPORE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 32044457671     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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