Abstract
According to Maugh (1978), more than 60,000 organic chemicals are presently in use. Potential sources from which they are likely to reach the marine environment are rivers, the atmosphere, direct dumping into the sea, and shipping activities.
Contribution No. 24 of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut for Polar and Marine Research
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Ernst, W., Boon, J.P., Weber, K. (1993). Occurrence and Fate of Organic Micropollutants in the North Sea. In: Salomons, W., Bayne, B.L., Duursma, E.K., Förstner, U. (eds) Pollution of the North Sea. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73709-1_18
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