Monitoring micropollutants in marine waters, can quality standards be met?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 243-250

  Ghekiere, An ^a   Verdonck, Frederik ^a   Claessens, Michiel ^b   Monteyne, Els ^c   Roose, Patrick ^c   Wille, Klaas ^b   Goffin, Annelies ^d   Rappé, Karen ^b   Janssen, Colin R ^b  

^a ARCHE CONSULTING   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE VLIZ   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian coastal zone; Marine environment; Mixtures; Quality standards (PNEC, EQS, EAC); Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE; CONTAMINANT MIXTURES; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; QUALITY STANDARD;

COASTAL ZONES; MIXTURES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

STANDARDS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRIBUTYLTIN;

COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARD; ESTUARY; MICROPOLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTED NO EFFECT CONCENTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; STANDARD;

BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BELGIUM; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 84876130232     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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