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Organochlorine residues in moss and lichen samples from two Antarctic areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

S. Focardi ,
C. Gaggi ,
G. Chemello  and
E. Bacci
S. Focardi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Università de Siena, Via delle Cerchia, 3-53100 Siena, Italy.
C. Gaggi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Università de Siena, Via delle Cerchia, 3-53100 Siena, Italy.
G. Chemello
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Università de Siena, Via delle Cerchia, 3-53100 Siena, Italy.
E. Bacci
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Università de Siena, Via delle Cerchia, 3-53100 Siena, Italy.
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Abstract

Levels of some chlorinated hydrocarbon residues (HCB, HCH isomers, p,p'-DDT and related compounds, PBC congeners) in lichen and moss from Kay Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica, are reported and compared with data from similar species collected on Antarctic Peninsula. The role of the cold remote areas in the global circulation of these contaminants is briefly discussed.

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Polar Record , Volume 27 , Issue 162 , July 1991 , pp. 241 - 244
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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