Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in surface sediments from Monastir Bay (Tunisia, Central Mediterranean): Occurrence, distribution and seasonal variations

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 487-493

  Nouira, Taoufik ^a   Risso, Christine ^b   Chouba, Lassaad ^c   Budzinski, Hélène ^d   Boussetta, Hamadi ^a  

^a Higher Institute of Agriculture   (Tunisia)

^b Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral   (France)

^c Tunisian National Institute for the Sciences and Technologies of the Sea   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Monastir Bay; Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; MONASTIR BAY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WET AND DRY SEASONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DRY SEASON; HYDRODYNAMICS; PBDE; PCB; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; WINTER;

MONASTIR BAY; MONASTIR [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

MONASTIR BAY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS); SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

BAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84882854481     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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