Calculating the diffusive flux of persistent organic pollutants between sediments and the water column on the palos verdes shelf superfund site using polymeric passive samplers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3925-3934

  Fernandez, Loretta A ^a,c   Lao, Wenjian ^b   Maruya, Keith A ^b   Burgess, Robert M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTS;

MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE REFERENCE COMPOUND (PRCS); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAMPLER; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIFFUSION; POLYMERIZATION; SAMPLER; SEDIMENT; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PALOS VERDES SHELF;

CALIFORNIA; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCTANOLS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84897569162     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404475c     Document Type: Article

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