Environmental fractionation of PCBs and PBDEs during particle transport as recorded by sediments in coastal waters

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1522-1532

  Grant, Paul B C ^a   Johannessen, Sophia C ^a   Macdonald, Robie W ^a   Yunker, Mark B ^b   Sanborn, Michael ^c   Dangerfield, Neil ^a   Wright, Cynthia ^a   Ross, Peter S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b AECOM Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c AECOM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Log K W; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediments; Strait of Georgia

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FOOD WEB; AQUATIC LIFE; BDE-209; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; COASTAL WATERS; DEEP-WATER SEDIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; GEORGIA; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOTSPOTS; HYDROPHOBIC CONTAMINANTS; LOG K W; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POINT SOURCE EMISSIONS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REMOTE SITES; SOURCE SIGNALS; URBAN AREAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISTILLATION; ETHERS; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATER; FOOD WEB; HOT SPOT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PBDE; PCB; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

EID: 79958235623     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.542     Document Type: Article

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