Phase distribution of hydrocarbons in the water column after a pelagic deep ocean oil spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1667-1673

  Elordui Zapatarietxe, Saioa ^a   Rosell Melé, Antoni ^a,b,c   Moraleda, Núria ^a   Tolosa, Imma ^d   Albaigés, Joan ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

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

Author keywords

Deep sea oil spill; Dissolved phase; Hydrocarbons; Northeastern Atlantic; PAHs; Prestige

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP SEA; DISSOLVED PHASE; NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PRESTIGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WATER COLUMNS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; PAH; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER COLUMN; WRECK;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; OIL SPILL; PELAGIC ZONE; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SHIP; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 77957153503     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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