Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report II - Physical Environment

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Table of Contents

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Acknowledgements
Executive Summary

PART I

1. Introduction
2. Summary
   • 2.1 Properties and sources
   • 2.2 Occurrence and trends
   • 2.2 Occurrence and trends (Cont'd)
   • 2.3 Process studies and modelling
   • 2.4 The interaction of climate change and contaminants (Macdonald et al., Section D.1)
3. Conclusions and Recommendations
   • 3.1  Properties and sources
   • 3.2  Occurrence and trends
   • 3.3  Process studies and modelling
   • 3.4  Special topic

Part II

1. Properties and Sources
   • A.1 Physicochemical properties of persistent organic pollutants
   • A.2 Usage and emissions of organochlorine pesticides
   • A.2 Usage and emissions of organochlorine pesticides (Cont'd)
   • A.2 Usage and emissions of organochlorine pesticides (Cont'd)
   • A.3 Organochlorines in Russian rivers and loadings to Russian northern seas
2. Occurrence and Trends
   • B.1 POPs in the atmosphere
   • B.1 POPs in the atmosphere (Cont'd)
   • B.1 POPs in the atmosphere (Cont'd)
   • B.1 POPs in the atmosphere (Cont'd)
   • B.2 Persistent organic pollutants in seawater
   • B.2 Persistent organic pollutants in seawater (Cont'd)
   • B.3 Persistent organic pollutants in marine and lake sediments
   • B.3 Persistent organic pollutants in marine and lake sediments (Cont'd)
   • B.3 Persistent organic pollutants in marine and lake sediments (Cont'd)
   • B.3 Persistent organic pollutants in marine and lake sediments (Cont'd)
   • B.4 New persistent chemicals in Arctic air and water
   • B.4 New persistent chemicals in Arctic air and water (Cont'd)
   • B.5 Mercury in the Arctic atmosphere
   • B.5 Mercury in the Arctic atmosphere (Cont'd)
   • B.5 Mercury in the Arctic atmosphere (Cont'd)
   • B.6 Mercury in sediments
   • B.7 Other heavy metals in the Arctic atmosphere
   • B.7 Other heavy metals in the Arctic atmosphere (Cont'd)
   • B.8 Radionuclides: local and long-range sources
   • B.9 Local sources of contaminants in the Canadian Arctic
   • B.9 Local sources of contaminants in the Canadian Arctic (Cont'd)
   • B.9 Local sources of contaminants in the Canadian Arctic (Cont'd)
   • B.9 Local sources of contaminants in the Canadian Arctic (Cont'd)
3. Process Studies and Modelling
   • C.1 Air/snow exchange of persistent organic pollutants
   • C.2 Mass balance and modelling of contaminants in lakes
   • C.2 Mass balance and modelling of contaminants in lakes (Cont'd)
   • C.2 Mass balance and modelling of contaminants in lakes (Cont'd)
   • C.3 Transport and fate of hexachlorocyclohexanes in the North American Arctic Ocean
   • C.3 Transport and fate of hexachlorocyclohexanes in the North American Arctic Ocean (Cont'd)
   • C.3 Transport and fate of hexachlorocyclohexanes in the North American Arctic Ocean (Cont'd)
   • C.4 Modelling in support of international negotiations
   • C.4 Modelling in support of international negotiations (Cont'd)
4. Special Topic
   
   D.1 The interaction of climate change with contaminant pathways to and within the Canadian Arctic
   • D.1.1 Introduction
   • D.1.2 Long-term change in the Arctic
   • D.1.3 Recent change in the Arctic and the Arctic oscillation (Cont'd)
   • D.1.3 Recent change in the Arctic and the Arctic oscillation (Cont'd)
   • D.1.3 Recent change in the Arctic and the Arctic oscillation (Cont'd)
   • D.1.4 Biological responses to climate change
   • D.1.5 The effects of climate change on human activities
   • D.1.6 The effects of climate change on contaminant path
   • D.1.6 The effects of climate change on contaminant path (Cont'd)
   • D.1.6 The effects of climate change on contaminant path (Cont'd)
   • D.1.7 Time series
5. References
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   • C to F
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   • J to L
   • M to O
   • P to R
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