Distributions and sources of polychlorinated biphenyls in the coastal East China Sea sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 894-903

  Duan, Xiaoyong ^a   Li, Yanxia ^a   Li, Xianguo ^a   Li, Mengfang ^a   Zhang, Dahai ^a  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Source apportionment; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CHLORINATED CONGENERS; EAST CHINA SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; YANGTZE RIVER;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84880668720     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.102     Document Type: Article

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