Abstract:Increasing quantities of organic pollutants (OP) are being released to the environment, posing a threat to Earth’s life system. In the marine environment, OP pollution caused by oil spill accidents receives a lot of academic and societal attention. However, the magnitude of semi-volatiles OP introduced by atmospheric deposition and by maritime currents is orders of magnitude larger. Little is known, however, about the cycling of these background OP in the oceans and their effects to marine ecosystems. It is be… Show more
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