Persistent organic pollutants carried on plastic resin pellets from two beaches in China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 28-34

  Zhang, Weiwei ^a,b   Ma, Xindong ^b   Zhang, Zhifeng ^b   Wang, Yan ^b   Wang, Juying ^b   Wang, Jing ^c   Ma, Deyi ^d  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^c Association of Environmental Protection Industry   (China)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Microplastics; OCPs; PAHs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; INSECTICIDES; MARINE POLLUTION; PELLETIZING; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESINS;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROPLASTICS; OCPS; PAHS; PCBS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALDRIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RESIN; COAL; PESTICIDE; PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

BEACH; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE POLLUTION; PAH; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; SEASHORE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; COAL; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; PLASTICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84944275896     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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