The factors controlling the partitioning of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in the water-column of the Pearl River Estuary in South China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Chen, Man Ying ^a,b   Yu, Mei ^a,c   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Chen, She Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon (BC); Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Partitioning; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); DRY SEASONS; LINEAR CORRELATION; PARTICLE PHASE; PARTITIONING; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE LEVELS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SOUTH CHINA;

ADSORPTION; DISSOLUTION; ETHERS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; BLACK CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PARTITIONING; PBDE; PCB;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; PHASE PARTITIONING; PHYSICAL PHASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CARBON; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 78751635184     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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