α- and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane measurements in the brine fraction of sea ice in the Canadian high Arctic using a sump-hole technique

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9258-9264

  Pucko M ^a,b   Stern, G A ^a,b   MacDonald, R W ^b,c   Barber, D G ^b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE CONCENTRATION; BRINE FRACTION; FIRST-YEAR SEA ICES; FORMER PROCESS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HIGH ARCTIC; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE WATER; SYSTEM STUDY;

ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; TITRATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; SEA WATER;

BRINE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCARBON; MATRIX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; VOLUME;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOMER; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEA ICE; WINTER;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; SALTS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMUNDSEN BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 78650291542     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102275b     Document Type: Article

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