Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in plastic pellets: Variability in the concentration and composition at different sediment depths in a sandy beach

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 219-226

  Fisner, Mara ^a   Taniguchi, Satie ^a   Moreira, Fabiana ^a   Bícego, Márcia C ^a   Turra, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beach sediment; Nibs; Plastic pellets; Plastic pollution; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Indexed keywords

BEACH SEDIMENTS; NIBS; PLASTIC PELLETS; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

COASTAL ZONES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PELLETIZING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BIPHENYL; CHRYSENE; DIMETHYLCHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLFLUORENE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLNAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; METHYLCHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; METHYLFLUORANTHENE DERIVATIVE; METHYLFLUORENE DERIVATIVE; METHYLNAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; METHYLPHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; METHYLPYRENE DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; PLASTIC; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; RETENE; TRIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEACH; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PLASTIC;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SAND; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLASTICS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84877828075     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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