Perfluoroalkyl acids in the atlantic and Canadian arctic oceans

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5815-5823

  Benskin, Jonathan P ^a,h   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Scott, Brian F ^b   Spencer, Christine ^b   De Silva, Amila O ^b   Kylin, Henrik ^c   Martin, Jonathan W ^a   Morris, Adam ^d   Lohmann, Rainer ^e   Tomy, Gregg ^f   Rosenberg, Bruno ^f   Taniyasu, Sachi ^g   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^f FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^h AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; BUENOS AIRES; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CANARY ISLANDS; COASTAL WATERS; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; REMOTE REGIONS; RHODE ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CARBOXYLATION;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

COASTAL WATER; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GREENLAND; GULF OF MEXICO; NAMIBIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOGRAPHY; LABORATORIES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCTANOIC ACIDS; SHIPS; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84861877428     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300578x     Document Type: Article

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