Four-year survey of dissolved/dispersed petroleum hydrocarbons on surface waters of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
• Main Authors: Márcia Caruso Bícego, Eliete Zanardi-Lamardo, Rolf Roland Weber
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003
• Subjects: Hidrocarbonetos do petróleo; Poluição marinha; Antártica; Baía do Almirantado; Programas de monitoramento; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Marine pollution; Antarctica; Admiralty Bay; Monitoring programs; Oceanography; GC1-1581; King George Island; Arctowski; Ferraz; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-87592003000100004; https://doaj.org/article/62a0b092ac1a4a35a1d541e341ce66cf

Seawater from 8 stations in Admiralty Bay was systematically sampled during the summer of 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 and analyzed by spectrofluorimetry to measure dissolved/dispersed petroleum hydrocarbons (DDPHs). The purpose of this study was to detect some temporal and spatial changes in terms of...