The delivery of organic contaminants to the Arctic food web: Why sea ice matters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 506-507, Issue , 2015, Pages 444-452

  Pućko, Monika ^a   Stern, Gary A ^a   Macdonald, Robie W ^a,b   Jantunen, Liisa M ^c   Bidleman, Terry F ^d   Wong, Fiona ^c,e   Barber, David G ^a   Rysgaard, Søren ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Current use pesticides; Melt ponds; Organic contaminants; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; IMPURITIES; LAKES; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PESTICIDES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEA ICE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ARCTIC; BEAUFORT SEA; CURRENT-USE PESTICIDES; MELT PONDS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

LOADING;

CHLORDANE; CHLOROTHALONIL; CHLORPYRIFOS; DACTHAL; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LAKE WATER; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SEA WATER; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPOSURE; FOOD WEB; GAS EXCHANGE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEA; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84911948103     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.040     Document Type: Article

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