Long term temporal and spatial changes in the distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Scottish soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-164

  Zhang, Z L ^a   Leith, C ^a,b   Rhind, S M ^a   Kerr, C ^a   Osprey, M ^a   Kyle, C ^a   Coull, M ^a   Thomson, C ^a   Green, G ^a   Maderova, L ^b   McKenzie, C ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PBDEs; PCBs; Scotland; Soil; Spatial distribution; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PBDES; PCBS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); SCOTLAND; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG-TERM CHANGE; PBDE; PCB; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PBDES; PCBS; SCOTLAND; SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL TREND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SCOTLAND; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883746346     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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