Persistent chlordane concentrations in long island sound sediment: Implications from chlordane, 210Pb, and 137Cs profiles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7723-7729

  Yang, Lijia ^a,b   Li, Xiqing ^b,c   Crusius, John ^d   Jans, Urs ^a,b   Melcer, Michael E ^e   Zhang, Pengfei ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE;

BENTHIC ORGANISMS; SEDIMENT-MIXING MODEL;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CESIUM 137; CHLORDANE; INSECTICIDE; LEAD 210;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTS; SOIL SURVEYS; TISSUE;

BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHLORDANE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEAD ISOTOPE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHLORDAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; NEW YORK; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 36249012024     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070749a     Document Type: Article

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