Measurement of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in plastic resin pellets from remote islands: Toward establishment of background concentrations for International Pellet Watch

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 445-448

  Heskett, Marvin ^a   Takada, Hideshige ^b   Yamashita, Rei ^b   Yuyama, Masaki ^b   Ito, Maki ^b   Geok, Yeo Bee ^b   Ogata, Yuko ^b   Kwan, Charita ^c   Heckhausen, Angelika ^d   Taylor, Heidi ^e   Powell, Taj ^e   Morishige, Carey ^f   Young, Doug ^d   Patterson, Hugh ^d   Robertson, Bryson ^d,g   Bailey, Elizabeth ^h   Mermoz, Jorge ^d  

^a Surfrider Foundation   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^d Deepwave eV ^*  (Argentina)

^e Tangaroa Blue Ocean Care Society   (Australia)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^h NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DDTs; HCHs; Marine debris; Marine plastics; Monitoring; PCBs

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CARIBBEAN SEA; DDTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FUTURE ASSESSMENT; HCHS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE DEBRIS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PCBS; PELLET SAMPLES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; PLASTIC RESINS; REMOTE ISLANDS;

DEBRIS; DEGRADATION; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESINS;

PELLETIZING;

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; RESIN; SEA WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; HCH; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; RESIN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASHORE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84856257462     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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