Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in the northern South China Sea: Implications for land outflow and air-sea exchange

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3884-3890

  Zhang, Gan ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Cheng, Hairong ^a   Li, Xiangdong ^b   Xu, Weihai ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCEAN CURRENTS; PESTICIDES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; COASTAL CURRENTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCP);

MARINE POLLUTION;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SEA WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; PESTICIDES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR SAMPLING; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL CURRENT; GAS EXCHANGE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; OUTFLOW; PESTICIDE; SEAWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHINA;

ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OCEANS AND SEAS; PESTICIDES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 34250182754     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070072r     Document Type: Article

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