Spatial distribution of organochlorine contaminants in soil, sediment, and fish in Bikini and Enewetak Atolls of the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1002-1008

  Wang, Jun ^a   Caccamise, Sarah A L ^a,c   Wu, Liejun ^a   Woodward, Lee Ann ^b   Li, Qing X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c American Chemical Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Bikini Atoll; DDE; Enewetak Atoll; Marine pollution; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs)

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS; DURABILITY; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

BIKINI ATOLL; CONCENTRATION RANGES; ENEWETAK ATOLL; LIMITS OF DETECTION; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED TERPHENYLS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED TERPHENYL;

AIRCRAFT; ATOLL; DDE; DURABILITY; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOBSTER; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIKININ ATOLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENEWETAK ATOLL; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIKINI ATOLL; ENEWETAK ATOLL; MARSHALL ISLANDS;

EID: 79960306197     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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