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The role of the ocean as a transport medium, as well as a storage reservoir, for persistent organic pollutants has been widely studied to a lesser extent, but is not fully understood yet. Suspended matter in the ocean, and in particular, particulate organic matter that sinks below the euphotic zone is assumed to play a significant role in the fate of organic pollutants that are present in natural waters and have a high tendency to partition to organic matter [Gustafsson and Gschwend (1997), Dachs et al (2002), Jurado et al (2007)].
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Stemmler, I. (2010). Model development. In: The Role of the Ocean in Global Cycling of Persistent Organic Contaminants. Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05009-1_2
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