Distribution and fate of legacy and emerging contaminants along the Adriatic Sea: A comparative study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 1055-1064

  Combi, Tatiane ^a   Pintado Herrera, Marina G ^b   Lara Martin, Pablo A ^b   Miserocchi, Stefano ^c   Langone, Leonardo ^c   Guerra, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic mud wedge; Contaminant accumulation; Emerging contaminants; Hazard quotients; Total mass

Indexed keywords

BIOHAZARDS; CONTAMINATION; HAZARDS; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; HAZARD QUOTIENTS; MUD WEDGE; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL MASS; TOURIST AREAS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; FRAGRANCE; GALAXOLIDE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; OCTOCRYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TONALIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAY; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84991577402     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.08.057     Document Type: Article

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