PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), nitro-PAHs, and hopane and sterane biomarkers in sediments of southern Lake Michigan, USA

PAHs in the Great Lakes basin are of concern due to their toxicity and persistence in bottom sediments. Their nitro derivatives, nitro-PAHs (NPAHs), which can have stronger carcinogenic and mutagenic activity than parent PAHs, may follow similar transport routes and also are accumulated in sediments...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Science of the total environment 2014-07, Vol.487, p.173-186
Hauptverfasser: Huang, Lei, Chernyak, Sergei M., Batterman, Stuart A.
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