PAHs in the Ría de Arousa (NW Spain): A consideration of PAHs sources and abundance

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 155-165

  Pérez Fernández, Begoña ^a,b   Viñas, Lucía ^a   Franco, M Ángeles ^a   Bargiela, Jesica ^a  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkylated PAHs; PAHs; Sediments; Sources; Spain; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ALKYLATED PAHS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED TO MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC MS); INTERNAL STANDARDS; MONITORING AND CONTROL; PAHS; PRESSURIZED LIQUID EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TOXICOLOGY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1 METHYLPYRENE; 1,2,8 TRIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE; 1,6 DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE; 2 METHYLCHRYSENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 2,3 DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2,3,6 TRIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2,4,7 TRIMETHYLDIBENZOTHIOPHENE; 2,8 DIMETHYLDIBENZOTHIOPHENE; 4 METHYLDIBENZOTHIOPHENE; 7,12 DIMETHYLB(A)A; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[C]PHENANTHRENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BIPHENYL; CHRYSENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TRIPHENYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRESSURIZED LIQUID EXTRACTION; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; RIA DE AROSA; RIAS BAJAS; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84932190814     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.028     Document Type: Article

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