Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in marine sediments of the Hellenic coastal zone, eastern Mediterranean: Levels, sources and toxicological significance

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-277

  Botsou, Fotini ^a,b   Hatzianestis, Ioannis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alumina production plant; Greece; Nickel smelter; PAHs; Sediment Quality Guidelines; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARCINOGEN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUTAGENICITY; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RAINWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; HELLENIC ARC; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 84856229069     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-011-0453-1     Document Type: Article

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