Assessment of temporal variation and sources of PCBs in the sediments of Mediterranean Sea, Mersin Bay, Turkey

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-177

  Gedik, Kadir ^a,b   Imamoĝlu, Ipek ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aroclors; Chemical mass balance; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Receptor models

Indexed keywords

AROCLORS; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERSIN BAY; PCB CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RECEPTOR MODEL; SEDIMENT PROFILES; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AROCLOR 1260; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERSIN BAY; TURKEY;

EID: 78751628298     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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