Levels and mass burden of DDTs in sediments from fishing harbors: The importance of DDT-containing antifouling paint to the coastal environment of China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8033-8038

  Lin, Tian ^a   Hu, Zhaohui ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a,b   Li, Xiangdong ^c   Xu, Weihai ^d   Tang, Jianhui ^b   Li, Jun ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL LINE; DRY WEIGHT; FISHING HARBORS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOUTHERN CHINA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISHERIES; FOULING; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PORTS AND HARBORS; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHIPS;

ANTIFOULING PAINT;

CHLORPHENOTANE; PAINT;

ANTIFOULING; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GUIDELINE; HARBOR; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; DRY WEIGHT; ESTUARY; FISHING; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SHIP; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PAINT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 70350761978     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901827b     Document Type: Article

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