Persistent organic pollutants PPOPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments from selected fjords, tidal plains and lakes of the north spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-76

  Sapota, Grazyna ^a   Wajtasik, Barbara ^b   Burska, Dorota ^b   Nowiński, Kamil ^b  

^a Maritime Institute of Gdansk   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; OCPs; PAHs; PCBs; Sediments; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; FJORD; LAKE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 66649138627     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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