Atmospheric concentrations, occurrence and deposition of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in a Mediterranean coastal site (Etang de Thau, France)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1948-1956

  Castro Jimenez J ^a,d   Mariani, G ^a   Vives, I ^a   Skejo, H ^a   Umlauf, G ^a   Zaldivar J M ^a   Dueri, S ^b   Messiaen, G ^c   Laugier, T ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air; Dioxin like PCB; PBDE; PCDD F; Water

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR MASS ORIGIN; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; COASTAL LAGOONS; COASTAL SITES; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DIOXIN-LIKE PCB; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PBDE; PCDD/F; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEASONALITY; TIME LEVEL;

LAKES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; DIOXIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCDD; SEASONALITY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ETANG DE THAU; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE];

EID: 79956221152     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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