Endosulfan and γ-HCH in the arctic: An assessment of surface seawater concentrations and air-sea exchange

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 7570-7576

  Weber, Jan ^a   Halsall, Crispin J ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Teixeira, Camilla ^b   Burniston, Deborah A ^b   Strachan, William M J ^b   Hung, Hayley ^b   Mackay, Neil ^c,e   Arnold, David ^c   Kylin, Henrik ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Cambridge Environmental Assessments   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e Du Pont (UK) Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEAWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

Γ-HCH; COASTAL SOURCES; ENDOSULFAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

PESTICIDES;

ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SEA WATER;

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PESTICIDES; SEAWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOSULFAN; FUGACITY; HCH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCEANIC REGIONS; SEA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; PESTICIDES; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; BERING SEA; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WHITE SEA;

EID: 33845797966     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061591h     Document Type: Article

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