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Fossil Fuel Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biogeochemistry in the Marine Environment: Research Challenges

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Knowledge of biogeochemical cycles provides information about when, where, for how long, and in which physical-chemical or biological form organisms will be exposed to a pollutant. Biogeochemical research seeks to discover more about routes of inputs and movement of chemicals through the systems being studied; rates of these inputs and movements; reactions during these movements; and both long term and short term reservoirs (years, days or weeks) where compounds accumulate; the four “R’s” of biogeochemical research - routes, rates, reactions, reservoirs.

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  1. Coastal Research Center, USA

    John W. Farrington (Director, Senior Scientist)

  2. Chemistry Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA

    John W. Farrington (Director, Senior Scientist)

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  2. Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Université Aix Marseille III, F-13397, Marseille Cedex 13, France

    H. J.-M. Dou

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Farrington, J.W. (1986). Fossil Fuel Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biogeochemistry in the Marine Environment: Research Challenges. In: Giam, C.S., Dou, H.JM. (eds) Strategies and Advanced Techniques for Marine Pollution Studies. NATO ASI Series, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70871-8_8

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