Concentrations and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface coastal sediments of the northern Gulf of Mexico

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Zucheng ^a,b   Liu, Zhanfei ^b   Xu, Kehui ^c   Mayer, Lawrence M ^d   Zhang, Zulin ^e   Kolker, Alexander S ^f   Wu, Wei ^g  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Coastal sediments; Grain size; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Organic carbon; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Principal component analysis; Surface area

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRAIN SIZE; MARINE POLLUTION; MARSH; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHELF SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899118718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14674866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-15-2     Document Type: Article

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