Historical trends in persistent organic pollutants and metals recorded in sediment from Lake Ellasjøen, Bjørnøya, Norwegian Arctic

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 196-205

  Evenset, A ^a   Christensen, G N ^a   Carroll, J ^a   Zaborska, A ^b   Berger, U ^c   Herzke, D ^c   Gregor, D ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Gartner Lee Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dating; Lake Ellasj en; Metals; Persistent organic pollutants; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); METABOLITES; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODEKANE (HBCD); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS;

LAKES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATING METHOD; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; LAKE; METABOLITE; SEDIMENT; TREND STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARCTIC REGIONS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; METALS; NORWAY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME;

ARCTIC; BJORNOYA; LAKE ELLASJOEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33846490238     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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