Persistent organic pollutants in plastic marine debris found on beaches in San Diego, California

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-263

  Van, Almira ^a   Rochman, Chelsea M ^b   Flores, Elisa M ^a   Hill, Kish L ^a   Vargas, Erica ^a   Vargas, Serena A ^a   Hoh, Euhna ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organochlorine pesticides; Plastic marine debris; Plastic pollution; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEBRIS; MARINE ENGINEERING; MARINE POLLUTION; MINERAL OILS; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PELLETIZING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PLASTIC MARINE DEBRIS; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SAN DIEGO , CALIFORNIA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; PLASTIC; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYSTYRENE; RUBBER;

BEACH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PCB; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; STORM; WASTE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOAM; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PACKAGING MATERIAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; OCEAN BEACH; SAN DIEGO; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855207451     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.039     Document Type: Article

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