The oceanic biological pump modulates the atmospheric transport of persistent organic pollutants to the Arctic

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Galbán Malagón, Cristóbal ^a   Berrojalbiz, Naiara ^a   Ojeda, María José ^a   Dachs, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLANKTON; PUMP;

EID: 84878642718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1858     Document Type: Article

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