Regional distribution of styrene analogues generated from polystyrene degradation along the coastlines of the North-East Pacific Ocean and Hawaii

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-49

  Kwon, Bum Gun ^a,b   Saido, Katsuhiko ^c   Koizumi, Koshiro ^d   Sato, Hideto ^d   Ogawa, Naoto ^e   Chung, Seon Yong ^b   Kusui, Takashi ^f   Kodera, Yoichi ^c   Kogure, Kazuhio ^g  

^a Korea Institute of Toxicology   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Global ocean pollution; Plastics; Polystyrene; Styrene analogues; Styrene oligomers

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OCEAN POLLUTION; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE ANALOGUES; STYRENE OLIGOMERS;

ALASKA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAWAII; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYSTYRENES; SEAWATER; STYRENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84894225316     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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