Biogeochemical controls of the transport and cycling of persistent organic pollutants in the polar oceans

• Main Author: Galbán Malagón, Cristóbal
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Hidràulica, Marítima i Ambiental, Dachs, Jordi
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: Catalan
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2013
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Entrada; Larga; Ruta; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antártica; Climate change; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/95127; http://hdl.handle.net/10803/129733

Humanity is currently using more than 200000 synthetic organic compounds in many industrial, agricultural and domestic applications. Many of these chemicals reach the environment and have a harmful effect on ecosystems and humans. Among them, the group of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) compris...