Diffuse pollution by persistent organic pollutants as measured in plastic pellets sampled from various beaches in Greece

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-317

  Karapanagioti, H K ^a   Endo, S ^b   Ogata, Y ^c   Takada, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDTs); Greece; Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs); Plastic pellets; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; GREECE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; PLASTIC PELLETS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BEACHES; HYDROCARBONS; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; PLASTIC; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BEACH; DDT; DIFFUSION; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; GREECE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

BATHING BEACHES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; HYDROCARBONS; LINDANE; PLASTICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARONIKOS GULF;

EID: 79751537721     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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