Persistent organic pollutants in soils and sediments from James Ross Island, Antarctica

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 416-423

  Klánová, Jana ^a   Matykiewiczová, Nina ^a   Máčka, Zdeněk ^a   Prošek, Pavel ^a   Láska, Kamil ^a   Klán, Petr ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antarctica; James Ross Island; Long range transport; OCPs; PAHs; Passive air sampler; PCBs; Persistent organic pollutants; POPs; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLERS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; VOLATILE CHEMICALS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; ISLAND; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SAMPLER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTAMINATION; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 39749198560     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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