PAHs on a west-to-east transect across the tropical Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2570-2578

  Lohmann, Rainer ^a   Klanova, Jana ^b   Pribylova, Petra ^b   Liskova, Hana ^b   Yonis, Shifra ^a   Bollinger, Kevyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES; DETECTION LIMITS; DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); REMOVAL PROCESS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

ANTHRACENE; DISSOLUTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; PYRENE;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO(G,H,I)FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE; FLUORANTHENE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RETENE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDDY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE WATER; TRANSECT;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; GULF STREAM; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLUME; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); GULF STREAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875319039     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304764e     Document Type: Article

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