New evidences in the complexity of contamination of the lagoon of Venice: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) pollution

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2001-2015

  Parolini, Marco ^a   Binelli, Andrea ^a   Marin, Maria Gabriella ^b   Matozzo, Valerio ^b   Masiero, Luciano ^b   Provini, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lagoon of Venice; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Sediments

Indexed keywords

BDE-209; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DRY WEIGHT; LAGOON OF VENICE; POLLUTION LEVEL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

BYPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOCOENOSIS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; PBDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ITALY; LAGOON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ITALY; LAKES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 84862858444     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2095-6     Document Type: Article

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