Biogeochemical controls on PCB deposition in Hudson Bay

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3280-3285

  Kuzyk, Zou Zou A ^a,b,d   MacDonald, Robie W ^a,c   Johannessen, Sophia C ^c   Stern, Gary A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PCB; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; CARBON FLUXES; CONGENER PATTERN; HUDSON BAY; ICE COVER; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OLIGOTROPHIC REGIONS; ORGANIC CARBON CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; PCB CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER INPUT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; VERTICAL FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; LEAD; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CARBON; LEAD 210; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; MARINE SEDIMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PCB; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CANADA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

EID: 77951824800     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903832t     Document Type: Article

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