Organic Pollution in Surface Waters from the Fuglebekken Basin in Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

• Published in: Sensors
• Main Authors: Żaneta Polkowska, Katarzyna Cichała-Kamrowska, Marek Ruman, Krystyna Kozioł, Wiesława Ewa Krawczyk, Jacek Namieśnik
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2011
• Subjects: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; polychlorinated biphenyls; surface waters; Fuglebekken basin; Svalbard; Norwegian Arctic; Arctic; Hornsund; Wedel-Jarlsberg; Wedel Jarlsberg Land; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/s110908910

The Fuglebekken basin is situated in the southern part of the island of Spitsbergen (Norwegian Arctic), on the Hornsund fjord (Wedel Jarlsberg Land). Surface water was collected from 24 tributaries (B1–B24) and from the main stream water in the Fuglebekken basin (25) between 10 July 2009 and 30 July...