Occurrences, sources, and transport of hydrophobic organic contaminants in the waters of Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Gao, Xiaozhong, Huang, Chao, Rao, Kaifeng, Xu, Yiping, Huang, Qinghui, Wang, Feng, Ma, Mei, Wang, Zijian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic waters; Passive sampling; Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs); Local source; Anthropogenic impact; Antarctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/41394

As a pristine continent, Antarctica provides a good opportunity to study the spatial transport and temporal accumulation of environmental contaminants and the impacts of anthropogenic activities, both of which have given rise to ongoing public concern. In this research, an approach of coupling aquat...