Distribution, historical trends and inventories of polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments from Yangtze River Estuary and adjacent East China Sea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-26

  Yang, Huayun ^a,b   Zhuo, Shanshan ^c   Xue, Bin ^d   Zhang, Chunlong ^e   Liu, Weiping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

E waste; Estuary; PCB source; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediment PCBs; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ZONES; COASTAL AREA; DATA SETS; DRY WEIGHT; E-WASTE; EAST CHINA SEA; GLOBAL OCEAN; HISTORICAL TRENDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POTENTIAL SOURCES; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL DENSITIES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WASTES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; PCB 105; PCB 114; PCB 118; PCB 157; PCB 77; PCB 81; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENSITY; GLOBAL OCEAN; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECYCLING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; DENSITY; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84861807999     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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