Spatial and temporal distribution, fluxes, and budgets of organochlorinated compounds in Northwest Mediterranean sediments

A total of 30 northwest Mediterranean surficial sediment samples collected in the prodeltas of the Rhone and Ebro Rivers, continental shelf, slope, and deep basin were analyzed for 12 individual PCB congeners, chlorinated diphenylethane pesticides and hexachlorobenzene. The major accumulation of org...

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Published inEnvironmental science & technology Vol. 29; no. 10; pp. 2519 - 2527
Main Authors Tolosa, Immaculada, Bayona, Josep M, Albaiges, Joan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.10.1995
Subjects
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Marine
PCB
Pesticides
Pollution
Pollution sources. Measurement results
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Rivers
Sediments
Soil and sediments pollution
Mediterranean Sea
West Mediterranean
Rhone River
MED
Marine sediments
Chemical analysis
Pesticides
Soil pollution
Polychlorobiphenyl
Accumulation
Spatial distribution
DDT
Delta
Organochlorine compounds
Chlorine Organic compounds
Pollution source
Sampling
Concentration distribution
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Summary:A total of 30 northwest Mediterranean surficial sediment samples collected in the prodeltas of the Rhone and Ebro Rivers, continental shelf, slope, and deep basin were analyzed for 12 individual PCB congeners, chlorinated diphenylethane pesticides and hexachlorobenzene. The major accumulation of organochlorinated compounds was found to occur in the prodelta areas with an apparent decrease in the Rhone area during the last 15 years.
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ISSN:0013-936X
1520-5851
DOI:10.1021/es00010a010