Mechanisms and implications of α-HCH enrichment in melt pond water on arctic sea ice

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11862-11869

  Pucko M ^a,b   Stern, G A ^a,b   Barber, D G ^a   MacDonald, R W ^a,c   Warner, K A ^a   Fuchs, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; BEAUFORT SEA; ENANTIOMER FRACTIONS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; GAS DEPOSITION; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; ICE FLOES; MELT PONDS; POND WATER; SURFACE MELTWATER; SURFACE SEAWATER;

SEA ICE; SEAWATER;

LAKES;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; SEA WATER;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOTA; HCH; MELT; MELTWATER; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POND; SEAWATER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOTA; ENANTIOMER; ICEBERG; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; LINDANE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84868541958     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303039f     Document Type: Article

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