The Role of the Ocean in Global Cycling of Persistent Organic Contaminants Refinement and Application of a Global Multicompartment Chemistry-Transport Model /

• Main Author: Stemmler, Irene (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg, 18
• Subjects: Environment.; Oceanography.; International environmental law.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Pollution.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Pollution, general.; Environmental Chemistry.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; International Environmental Law.

Persistent organic contaminants, which are bioaccumulative and toxic are a concern for the ecosystems and human health and are regulated under international law (global and regional conventions, besides other). If semivolatile, they cycle in different environmental compartments and follow complex tr...