Sources, trends and ecotoxicological risks of PAH pollution in surface sediments from the northern Adriatic Sea (Croatia)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 445-450

  Traven, Luka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicological risks; Historical trends; PAHs; Pollution; Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs); Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; HISTORICAL TRENDS; PAHS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINE (SQGS); SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

POLLUTION; RISK PERCEPTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CARCINOGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROATIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; HISTORICAL TRENDS; PAHS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES (SQGS); SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

CROATIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84888420590     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.043     Document Type: Article

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