On the relative significance of bacteria for the distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in arctic ocean surface waters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2586-2593

  Sobek, Anna ^a,b   Olli, Kalle ^c   Gustafsson, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS (HOC); LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PCB; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CHAIN; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646066332     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0524907     Document Type: Article

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