Monitoring of organic contaminants in sediments from the Korean coast: Spatial distribution and temporal trends (2001-2007)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1352-1361

  Choi, Hee Gu ^a   Moon, Hyo Bang ^b   Choi, Minkyu ^a   Yu, Jun ^a  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Organic contaminants; POPs; Sediments; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

DETECTION FREQUENCY; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PCDD/FS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BUTYLTIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KOREA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

BENZOFURANS; DDT; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEAWATER; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

KOREA;

EID: 79958770205     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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