Investigating Input Pathways of Persistent Organic Pollutants to Eastern Antarctica

• Main Author: Wild, Seanan James
• Other Authors: Susan Bengtson Nash, Darryl Hawker, Roger Cropp
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Griffith University 2016
• Subjects: Persistent organic pollutants; Australian Antarctic territory; Eastern Antarctica; Casey Station; Long range environmental transport (LRET) pathway; Pollution; Antarctica; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Territory; Griffith; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366687

Despite the apparent pristine conditions and remoteness of Antarctica, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been detected in the Antarctic ecosystem since the 1960s. Today, a variety of organic pollutants can be found in Antarctica, often concentrated in local biota. In this thesis I investigat...