Organic pollutants (PAHs, PCBs) in sediments from the Mar Piccolo in Taranto (Ionian Sea, Southern Italy)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 10-12, 2007, Pages 451-458

  Cardellicchio, Nicola ^a   Buccolieri, Alessandro ^b   Giandomenico, Santina ^a   Lopez, Luigi ^c   Pizzulli, Filomena ^c   Spada, Lucia ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mar Piccolo; PAHs; PCBs; Sediments; SQGs; Taranto

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

MAR PICCOLO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHENANTHRENE; TARANTO;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

BENTHOS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GUIDELINE; HARBOR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PETROLEUM; PYROLITE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATERS; ITALY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MAR PICCOLO; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TARANTO;

EID: 36549002204     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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