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A Multicompartmental, Multi-Basin Fugacity Model Describing the Fate of PCBs in the Baltic Sea

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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorinated compounds reach lakes, estuaries and the oceans through direct discharge, riverine inflow or atmospheric deposition. These generally quite hydrophobic chemicals have a low affinity for the aqueous phase and tend to partition into the organic phases of suspended solids and bottom sediments or the lipid fraction of aquatic biota. Some POPs show a potential to biomagnify and the highest concentrations are often found in the upper trophic levels of aquatic food chains.

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  1. Department of Systems Ecology, University of Stockholm, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden

    Fredrik V. Wulff

  2. Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden

    Lars A. Rahm

  3. Ecotoxicology, Department of Ecology, Lund University, Ecology Building, 22362, Lund, Sweden

    Per Larsson

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Wania, F., Broman, D., Axelman, J., Näf, C., Agrell, C. (2001). A Multicompartmental, Multi-Basin Fugacity Model Describing the Fate of PCBs in the Baltic Sea. In: Wulff, F.V., Rahm, L.A., Larsson, P. (eds) A Systems Analysis of the Baltic Sea. Ecological Studies, vol 148. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04453-7_15

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