International Pellet Watch: Global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1437-1446

  Ogata, Yuko ^a   Takada, Hideshige ^a   Mizukawa, Kaoruko ^a   Hirai, Hisashi ^a   Iwasa, Satoru ^a   Endo, Satoshi ^a   Mato, Yukie ^a   Saha, Mahua ^a   Okuda, Keiji ^a   Nakashima, Arisa ^a   Murakami, Michio ^b   Zurcher, Nico ^c   Booyatumanondo, Ruchaya ^d   Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi ^e   Dung, Le Quang ^f   Gordon, Miriam ^g   Miguez, Carlos ^h   Suzuki, Satoru ⁱ   Moore, Charles ^j   Karapanagioti, Hrissi K ^k   Weerts, Steven ^l   McClurg, Tim ^l   Burres, Erick ^m   Smith, Wally ⁿ   Velkenburg, Michael Van ^o   Lang, Judith Selby ^o   Lang, Richard C ^o   Laursen, Duane ^o   Danner, Brenda ^p   Stewardson, Nickol ^q   Thompson, Richard C ^r   more..

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Environ Res and Train Ctr (ERTC)   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f Institute of Marine Environment and Resources   (Viet Nam)

^g California Coastal Commission   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

ⁱ EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Algalita Marine Research Foundation   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^l DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^m SWRCB SWAMP Clean Water Team   (United States)

ⁿ Tangaroa Blue Ocean Care Society   (Australia)

^o Port Townsend Marine Science Center ^*  (United States)

^p Port Townsend Marine Science Center   (United States)

^q Forth Estuary Forum   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Marine debris; Organochlorine pesticides; Passive sampler

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL MONITORING; GLOBAL SCALE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MARINE DEBRIS; MONITORING APPROACH; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PASSIVE SAMPLER; PCB CONCENTRATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHASE DATA; POLYETHYLENE PELLETS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VIET NAM; WEST COAST; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; DEBRIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; MALARIA CONTROL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PELLETIZING; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ORE PELLETS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYETHYLENE;

COASTAL WATER; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HCH; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SOUTH AFRICA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BATHING BEACHES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYETHYLENE;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349428338     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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