Sources, fluxes and risk of organic micropollutants to the Cantabrian Sea (Spain)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-132

  Sánchez Avila, Juan ^a   Vicente, Joana ^a   Echavarri Erasun, Beatriz ^b   Porte, Cinta ^a   Tauler, Romà ^a   Lacorte, Silvia ^a  

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

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal and estuarine seawater; COMMPS procedure; Organic micropollutants; Pollution sources; Sediments and mussels; Site risk indexes

Indexed keywords

COMMPS PROCEDURE; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; ORGANOCHLORINATED PESTICIDES; POLLUTION SOURCES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SITE RISK INDEXES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSCS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ADIPIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; ALKYLPHENOL; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZYLBUTYL PHTHALATE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BIS(2ETHYLHEXYL) ADIPATE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO(1,2,3 C,D)PYRENE; LINDANE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; MUSSEL CULTURE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PHTHALATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PESTICIDES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 84879881297     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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