Polychlorinated biphenyls, hexachlorocyclohexanes and hexachlorobenzene in seawater and phytoplankton from the Southern Ocean (Weddell, South Scotia, and Bellingshausen Seas)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5578-5587

  Galbán Malagón, Cristóbal J ^a   Del Vento, Sabino ^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

BRANSFIELD STRAIT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS; SETTLING FLUXES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FUNGICIDES; HYDROPHOBICITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAWATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; BIOMASS; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRAKE PASSAGE; HALF LIFE TIME; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SOUTH SCOTIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PESTICIDES; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84878663024     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400030q     Document Type: Article

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