Air monitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and organochlorine pesticides in West Antarctica during 2011-2017: Concentrations, temporal trends and potential sources

• Main Authors: Hao, Yanfen, Li, Yingming, Han, Xu, Wang, Thanh, Yang, Ruiqiang, Wang, Pu, Xiao, Ke, Li, Wenjuan, Lu, Huili, Fu, Jianjie, Wang, Yawei, Shi, Jianbo, Zhang, Qinghua, Jiang, Guibin
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; Atmosphere; Passive air sampling; Temporal trends; POPs; Antarctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Great Wall Station; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/42896

Annual air samples were collected at various sites in the Fildes Peninsula, West Antarctica from December 2010 to January 2018 using XAD-2 resin passive air samplers to investigate concentrations, temporal trends and potential sources of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Antarctic air. Relativ...