Distribution and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in recent sediments from the gulf of gdańsk (SE Baltic)

Oceanologia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-703

  Lubecki, Ludwik ^a   Kowalewska, Grazyna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic; Coastal zone; Gulf of gda sk; Hydrocarbons; Pahs; Risk assessment; Sediment pollution; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK; PODKARPACKIE; POLAND; WISLOK RIVER;

EID: 78650849009     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.52-4.669     Document Type: Article

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