Bimonthly variability of persistent organochlorines in plastic pellets from four beaches in Mumbai coast, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Jayasiri, H B ^a   Purushothaman, C S ^b   Vennila, A ^b  

^a National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency National Institute of Oceanography and Marine Sciences   (Sri Lanka)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclodine compounds; Monsoon; Mumbai; Organochlorine pesticides; Plastic pellets; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BEACHES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PELLETIZING; PESTICIDES;

CYCLODINE COMPOUNDS; MONSOON; MUMBAI; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PLASTIC PELLETS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 4,4' CHLORPHENOTANE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; ENDRIN ALDEHYDE; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; NICKEL 63; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 101; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 28; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 52; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,4,4'-TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,5,2',5'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,5,2',5'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; ALPHA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BEACH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; MONSOON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATERIAL STATE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEPTACHLOR; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; LINDANE; PESTICIDES; PLASTICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84932622341     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4531-5     Document Type: Article

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