Modeling the fate of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Inner Oslofjord, Norway

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2386-2395

  Breivik, Knut ^a   Bjerkeng, Birger ^b   Wania, Frank ^c   Helland, Aud ^b   Magnusson, Jan ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fjord; Fugacity; Model; Norway; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

CONGENERS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); TRANSPORT MODELS;

PHENOLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FJORD; MODELING; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; MODEL; NORWAY; PHYSICAL PHASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDIMENT;

AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSLOFJORD; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 4644254109     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-343     Document Type: Article

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