4DEMON: Integrating 40 Years of Data on PCB and Metal Contamination in Marine Sediments of the Belgian Part of the North Sea

4DEMON: Integrating 40 Years of Data on PCB and Metal Contamination in Marine Sediments of the Belgian Part of the North Sea

The assessment of historical data is important to understand long-term changes in the marine environment. Whereas time series analyses based on monitoring data typically span one or two decades, this work aimed to integrate 40 years of monitoring and research data on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)...

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Main Authors: Hong Minh Le, Karen Bekaert, Ruth Lagring, Bart Ampe, Ann Ruttens, Karien De Cauwer, Kris Hostens, Bavo De Witte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
sediment contamination
normalization
long-term trend analysis
PCB
metals
BPNS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.681901/full

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