Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in bottom sediments from the Baltic Sea

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-306

  Sapota, Grazyna ^a  

^a Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Maritime Branch Gdynia   (Poland)

Author keywords

DDT and its metabolites; HCB; HCH; PCBs; Sediments; The Baltic Sea

Indexed keywords

DDT; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 33846970578     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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