Organic pollutants and their correlation with stable isotopes in vegetation from King George Island, Antarctica

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-398

  Cipro, Caio V Z ^a   Yogui, Gilvan Takeshi ^b   Bustamante, Paco ^c   Taniguchi, Satie ^a   Sericano, José L ^d   Montone, Rosalinda Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Lichens; Mosses; PBDEs; POPs; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CORRELATION METHODS; FUNGI; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VEGETATION;

ANTARCTICA; LICHENS; MOSSES; PBDES; POPS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CARBON 13; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; NITROGEN 13; NITROGEN 15; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ABSORPTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DICOTYLEDON; LICHEN; MANURE; MOSS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ABSORPTION; ANGIOSPERM; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BRACHYTECIUM; COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LICHENS; MOSS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; SANIONIA UNCINATA; SYNTRICHIA PRINCEPS; USNEA ANTARCTICA; USNEA AURANTIACO; VEGETATION;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYTECIUM; BRYOPHYTA; COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SANIONIA UNCINATA; SYNTRICHIA; USNEA ANTARCTICA; USNEA AURANTIACOATRA;

EID: 84860396077     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.047     Document Type: Article

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