Concentrations, fluxes, and residence time of PBDEs across the tropical Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 13967-13975

  Lohmann, Rainer ^a   Klanova, Jana ^b   Kukucka, Petr ^b   Yonis, Shifra ^a   Bollinger, Kevyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER EXCHANGE; DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS; GAS-PHASE CONCENTRATION; GAS-PHASE DEPOSITION; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS; SETTLING FLUXES; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

DEPOSITION; SURFACE WATERS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYETHYLENE; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; PBDE; RESIDENCE TIME; SURFACE WATER;

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS; SAMPLER; TROPICS; WATER SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

AIR; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890597426     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403494b     Document Type: Article

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