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

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Aslam, S.N., Huber, Carolin Elisabeth, Asimakopoulos, A.G., Steinnes, E., Mikkelsen, Ø.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; PCBs; Trace elements; Atmospheric deposition; Organic soil; Vegetation; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Longyearbyen; Adventdalen; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=22109; 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...