Atmospheric deposition, retention, and stream export of dioxins and PCBs in a pristine boreal catchment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1592-1598

  Bergknut, Magnus ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^b   Jansson, Stina ^a   Larsson, Anna ^b   Gocht, Tilman ^c   Wiberg, Karin ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Catchment; Diffuse pollution; Dioxin; Retention

Indexed keywords

AMBERLITE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BOREAL CATCHMENTS; BULK DEPOSITIONS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; DIOXIN; GLASS FIBRES; MASS BALANCE; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; RETENTION; SEASONALITY; SPRING FLOODS; STREAM WATER; SURFACE STREAMS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; GLASS FIBERS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GLASS FIBER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; DIOXIN; MASS BALANCE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WILDERNESS;

EID: 79955111780     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.050     Document Type: Article

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