Results from a 15-year study on hydrocarbon concentrations in water and sediment from admiralty bay, king george Island, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-220

  Bícego, Mrcia C ^a   Zanardi Lamardo, Eliete ^a   Taniguchi, Satie ^a   Martins, César C ^b   Da Silva, Denis A M ^c   Sasaki, Sílvio T ^a   Albergaria Barbosa, Ana C R ^a   Paolo, Fernando S ^a   Weber, Rolf R ^a   Montone, Rosalinda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

PAHs; Seawater; Sewage; South Shetland Islands

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIELD METHOD; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOSSIL FUEL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCARBON; ISLAND; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 68349152699     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009001734     Document Type: Article

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