Organochlorine pollutants in soils and mosses from Victoria Land (Antarctica)

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-278

  Borghini, Francesca ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^b   Sanchez Hernandez, Juan C ^c   Bargagli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ICER CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Long range pollutant transport; Mosses; Organochlorine compounds; Soils

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ORGANOCHLORINE (OC) POLLUTANTS; PLANETARY SCALE DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS (TOC);

CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SOILS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; MOSS; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMISPHERE; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASHORE; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; VICTORIA;

EID: 9644258642     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.07.025     Document Type: Article

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