The distribution of persistent organic pollutants in a trophically complex Antarctic ecosystem model

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Authors: Bates, Michael L, Nash, Susan M Bengtson, Hawker, Darryl W, Shaw, Emily C, Cropp, Roger A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Oceanography; Oceanography not elsewhere classified; Antarc*; Antarctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/341218; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2017.02.005

Despite Antarctica's isolation from human population centres, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are transported there via long range atmospheric transport and subsequently cold-trapped. The challenging nature of working in the Antarctic environment greatly limits our ability to monitor POP c...