Influence of organic matter content and human activities on the occurrence of organic pollutants in antarctic soils, lichens, grass, and mosses

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1396-1405

  Cabrerizo, Ana ^a   Dachs, Jordi ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HOTSPOTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; LIPID CONTENT; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PCB CONGENERS; PERSISTENT COMPOUNDS; POLAR REGIONS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PROTECTED AREAS; REMOTE AREAS; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH STATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL SAMPLE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESEARCH; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMONITORING; COLONY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LICHEN; LIPID; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOSS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLAR REGION; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SEABIRD; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GRASS; HUMAN; LICHENS; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; VEGETATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LICHENS; POACEAE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DECEPTION ISLAND; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84856760352     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203425b     Document Type: Article

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