The long-term fate of polychlorinated biphenyls in San Francisco Bay (USA)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2396-2409

  Davis, Jay A ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass balance; Mass budget; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Response time; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; PCB;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CALCULATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HALF LIFE TIME; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644351053     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-373     Document Type: Review

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