Monitoring of a wide range of organic micropollutants on the Portuguese coast using plastic resin pellets

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 296-302

  Mizukawa, Kaoruko ^a   Takada, Hideshige ^a   Ito, Maki ^a   Geok, Yeo Bee ^a   Hosoda, Junki ^a   Yamashita, Rei ^a   Saha, Mahua ^a   Suzuki, Satoru ^b   Miguez, Carlos ^c   Frias, João ^d   Antunes, Joana Cepeda ^d   Sobral, Paula ^e   Santos, Isabelina ^e   Micaelo, Cristina ^e   Ferreira, Ana Maria ^e  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DDTs; Hopanes; Marine debris; PAHs; Passive sampler; PCBs

Indexed keywords

DDTS; HOPANES; MARINE DEBRIS; PAHS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PCBS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESINS;

PELLETIZING;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORINE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HOPANOID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RESIN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORTUGAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINDANE; PLASTICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84877832103     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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