Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in harbor sediments from Sea Lots, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 928-934

  Mohammed, Azad ^a   Orazio, Carl ^b   Peterman, Paul ^b   Echols, Kathy ^b   Feltz, Kevin ^b   Manoo, Anton ^a   Maraj, Dexter ^a   Agard, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Port of Spain Harbor; Stockholm convention; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

MARINE SEDIMENT; PCDD; PCDF; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION;

ARTICLE; SEA; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WATER POLLUTION;

BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; PORT OF SPAIN; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 67349110472     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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