Atmospheric occurrence and deposition of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in the open mediterranean sea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 5456-5463

  Castro Jimenez J ^a   Eisenreich, S J ^b   Ghiani, M ^a   Mariani, G ^a   Skejo, H ^a   Umlauf, G ^a   Wollgast, J ^a   Zaldivar J M ^a   Berrojalbiz, N ^c   Reuter, H I ^d   Dachs, J ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Directorate of Programmes   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^d Department of Environmental Chemistry Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research IDÆA CSIC ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GAS ABSORPTION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; WAVE POWER;

AIR-WATER; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION PROCESS; BLACK SEA; CONTINENTAL AREA; DIEL CYCLES; DRY DEPOSITION FLUXES; FUGACITY RATIO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OPEN SEA WATERS; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; SEAWATER CONCENTRATION; SHIP EMISSIONS;

SEAWATER;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABSORPTION; AIR-WATER INTERACTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; PCDD; PCDF; SEAWATER;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SHIP; VOLATILIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

BALIKESIR [TURKEY]; BLACK SEA; MARMARA ISLAND; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77954583820     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100718n     Document Type: Article

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