Potential implications of future climate and land-cover changes for the fate and distribution of persistent organic pollutants in Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-74

  Paul, Alexander G ^a   Hammen, Volker C ^b   Hickler, Thomas ^c,e   Karlson, Ulrich G ^d   Jones, Kevin C ^a   Sweetman, Andrew J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALARM project; Climate change; Environmental fate; Europe; European distribution model; Fugacity; POPs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FUGACITY; LAND COVER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 83355163560     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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