Processes affecting the distribution of PCBs in the Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Pizzini, Sarah, Scalabrin, Elisa, Radaelli, Marta, Piazza, Rossano, Capodaglio, Gabriele
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" 2023
• Subjects: Settore CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica; Settore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali; Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organica; Southern Ocean; Mackay
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10278/5036205; https://www.rossseaconference.org/ross/doc/Ross_sea_conference_program.pdf

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a broad class of globally distributed persistent pollutants that differ in their degree of chlorination and, thereby, in their volatility and are subject to long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT). Although their industrial production was discontinued in the earl...