PPT Slide
There is a need to investigate the influence of zonal ecosystem characteristics (climate, vegetation, soils, etc.) on the multimedia fate of organic chemicals
Objective: Comparing various ecosystems with respect to their potential to cause high exposure of POPs to organisms
Comparative Environmental Chemistry of POPs
fate process ecosystem characteristic
degradation - clearance potential by degradation
partitioning - dilution potential
intermedia transfer - clearance potential by export / retention potential
- focussing potential within ecosystem
bioaccumulation - focussing potential within ecosystem