Neutral poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in air and seawater of the North Sea

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7988-8000

  Xie, Zhiyong ^a   Zhao, Zhen ^a,b   Möller, Axel ^a   Wolschke, Hendrik ^a   Ahrens, Lutz ^c   Sturm, Renate ^a   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air seawater gas exchange; Flux; Neutral poly and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); North Sea

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; SEA WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ESTUARY; FUGACITY; GAS EXCHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH VESSEL; SEAWATER; URBAN AREA; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH SEA; SEAWATER; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84885931326     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1757-z     Document Type: Article

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