Trace elements and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in terrestrial compartments of Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Aslam, Shazia Nusrat, Huber, Carolin Elisabeth, Asimakopoulos, Alexandros, Steinnes, Eiliv, Mikkelsen, Øyvind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Longyearbyen; Adventdalen; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2617321; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.060

Despite being a remote location, the Arctic is a major receptor for anthropogenic pollution transported from the mid-latitudes. Vegetation and underlying organic soils in the Norwegian Arctic, Svalbard were used to study the occurrences of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and trace elements. In this...