Levels and fate of perfluoroalkyl substances in beached plastic pellets and sediments collected from Greece

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 286-291

  Llorca, Marta ^a,b   Farré, Marinella ^a   Karapanagioti, Hrissi K ^c   Barceló, Damià ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beach sediments; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Plastic pellets

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PELLETIZING; SEDIMENTS;

BEACH SEDIMENTS; LEVELS AND FATE; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PELLET SURFACES; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PLASTIC PELLETS; SAMPLING LOCATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXASULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BEACH; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SORPTION;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS CONTAMINATION; GREECE; INTERDAY REPEATABILITY; INTRADAY PRECISION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; RECOVERY RATE; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

GREECE;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREECE; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924033445     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.036     Document Type: Article

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