Delivery of unprecedented amounts of perfluoroalkyl substances towards the deep-sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-48

  Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^a   Llorca, Marta ^b   Farré, Marinella ^b   Canals, Miquel ^a   Barceló, Damià ^b   Puig, Pere ^c   Calafat, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Dense shelf water cascading; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Settling particles

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHAINS; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DEEP SEA; DENSE SHELF-WATER CASCADING; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); SETTLING PARTICLES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLOROBENZENE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANESULFONATE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXASULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; PERLFUOROOCTYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP SEA; DENSE WATER; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WINTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928321587     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.080     Document Type: Article

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