(Table 1) Concentrations of organic pollutants in soil samples from Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies and reference sites, Hop Island, Antarctica, supplement to: Roosens, Laurence; Van Den Brink, Nico W; Riddle, Martin J; Blust, Ronny; Neels, Hugo; Covaci, Adrian (2007): Penguin colonies as secondary sources of contamination with persistent organic pollutants. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9(8), 822

• Main Authors: Roosens, Laurence, Van Den Brink, Nico W, Riddle, Martin J, Blust, Ronny, Neels, Hugo, Covaci, Adrian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2007
• Subjects: Sample type; DATE/TIME; Group; Sample ID; Sample amount; Carbon, organic, total; Hexachlorobenzene; Hexachlorobenzene, standard deviation; alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane; beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane; gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane; Hexachlorocyclohexane; Hexachlorocyclohexane, standard deviation; para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; ortho,para-Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane; para,para-Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, standard deviation; Oxychlordane; trans-Chlordane; trans-Nonachlor; cis-Chlordane; Chlordane; Chlordane, standard deviation; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation; Sampling by hand; Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry GC-MS; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Guano; Hop Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; International Polar Year; IPY; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.819304; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.819304

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