Fate of persistent organic pollutants in the water column: Does turbulent mixing matter?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-451

  Jurado, Elena ^a   Zaldívar, José Manuel ^b   Marinov, Dimitar ^b   Dachs, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contaminant model; Hydrodynamic model; PCBs; POPs; Sinking; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TURBULENCE;

CONTAMINANT MODELS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; SINKING;

IMPURITIES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENTRAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA POLLUTION; SIMULATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34047113294     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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