Spring Melt and the Redistribution of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Sea-Ice Environment: A Comparative Study between Arctic and Antarctic Regions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 8944-8952

  Bigot, Marie ^a   Hawker, Darryl W ^a   Cropp, Roger ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Jensen, Bjarne ^c   Bossi, Rossana ^c   Bengtson Nash, Susan M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDES; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SNOW;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DISTRIBUTION PROFILES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NORTHEAST GREENLAND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; SEA ICE MELTING;

ICE;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SEA WATER; SNOW; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ICE; PESTICIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUGACITY; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MELTING; MELTWATER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPRING (SEASON); VOLATILIZATION;

AIR SAMPLING; ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMERSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; SEA ICE; SPRING; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENLAND;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENLAND; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ICE; PESTICIDES; SEAWATER;

EID: 85027441051     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02481     Document Type: Article

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