Modeling the importance of biota and black carbon as vectors of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Baltic Sea ecosystem

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4831-4836

  Mattila, Tuomas J ^a   Verta, Matti ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CANNING; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ETHERS; FOOD PRESERVATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS; DEGRADATION;

(0 , 1) VECTORS; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); APPLIED (CO); BALTIC SEA; BLACK CARBON (BC); BULK CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); FOOD WEBS; MASS BALANCE MODELING; MASS BALANCING; MODEL FIT; MODIFIED MODEL; NON STEADY-STATE; OVERALL MASS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS); POLY-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE); RECOVERY TIME; RECOVERY TIMES; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TIME SERIES;

CARBON BLACK; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; BLACK CARBON; DEGRADATION; FOOD WEB; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TIME SERIES;

AIR; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SIMULATION; SOIL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NORTH SEA; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SOOT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BALTIC SEA; BLACK CARBON; BULK CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLEXIBLE MATRIX; FOOD WEBS; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MODEL FIT; MODIFIED MODEL; NONSTEADY STATE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); RECOVERY TIME; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

EID: 46849083264     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800278m     Document Type: Article

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