Bioturbation-driven release of buried PCBs and PBDEs from different depths in contaminated sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7456-7464

  Josefsson, Sarah ^a   Leonardsson, Kjell ^b   Gunnarsson, Jonas S ^c   Wiberg, Karin ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; BALTIC SEA; BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; BIOTURBATION; BURIAL DEPTHS; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOWER HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROFAUNA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SHALLOW LAYERS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS TRANSFER;

ETHERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IMPURITIES; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CONTAMINATION;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS TRANSFER; PBDE; PCB; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER COLUMN;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOTURBATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROFAUNA; MARENZELLERIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHAETA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

MARENZELLERIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77957369351     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100615g     Document Type: Article

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