Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1810-1814

  Zarfl, Christiane ^a   Matthies, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flame retardants; Long range transport; Ocean currents; PCB; PFOA; Sorption into plastic

Indexed keywords

FOOD CHAIN; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MASS FLUX; OCEAN SURFACES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PCB; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PFOA; PLASTIC MATRICES; PLASTIC PARTICLE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REMOTE REGIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ELASTOMERS; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEAT FLUX; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; SORPTION; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PLASTIC; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD CHAIN; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANIC CURRENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASTICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77957167005     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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