Deep water masses and sediments are main compartments for polychlorinated biphenyls in the Arctic Ocean

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6719-6725

  Sobek, Anna ^a   Gustafsson, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DEEP WATER MASS; MEASUREMENT DATA; PARAMETRIZATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); SETTLING PARTICLES; STANDARD ERROR OF THE MEANS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ICE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; OCEAN BASIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SETTLING; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP WATER MASS; DISSOLUTION; MASS; MINERALIZATION; OCEAN CURRENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

AMUNDSEN BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIAN BASIN; MAKAROV BASIN; NANSEN BASIN;

ARCTIC REGIONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902603332     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500736q     Document Type: Article

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