Long-term decreases in persistent organic pollutants in South African coastal waters detected from beached polyethylene pellets

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2756-2760

  Ryan, Peter G ^a   Bouwman, Hindrik ^b   Moloney, Coleen L ^a   Yuyama, Masaki ^c   Takada, Hideshige ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DDT; HCH; International Pellet Watch; PCB; Plastic resin pellets; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; DDT; EAST COAST; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; HCH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SYSTEMS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTIC RESINS; POLYETHYLENE PELLETS; SOUTH AFRICA;

MALARIA CONTROL; PELLETIZING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER POLLUTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYETHYLENE;

BEACH; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; HCH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; RESIN;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOUTH AFRICA;

DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYETHYLENE; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84870255599     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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