In situ lubricant degradation in Antarctic marine sediments 1. Short-term changes

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Thompson, BAW, Davies, NW, Goldsworthy, PM, Riddle, MJ, Snape, I, Stark, JS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2006
• Subjects: Chemical Sciences; Other Chemical Sciences; Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry); Antarctic; Bailey Peninsula; Casey Station; East Antarctica; Fuchs; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.setac.org/; https://doi.org/10.1897/05-015R.1; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16519295; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/40329

A large-scale, in situ experiment was set up near the Bailey Peninsula area (Casey Station, East Antarctica) to monitor the natural attenuation of synthetic lubricants in marine sediments over five years. Here, we report the short-term changes after 5 and 56 weeks. The lubricants tested were an unus...