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Wendy A. Ockenden
Researcher at Lancaster University
Publications - 21
Citations - 2173
Wendy A. Ockenden is an academic researcher from Lancaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil organic matter & Soil water. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 21 publications receiving 2069 citations. Previous affiliations of Wendy A. Ockenden include Norwegian University of Science and Technology & Norwegian Institute for Air Research.
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Global distribution and budget of PCBs and HCB in background surface soils: implications for sources and environmental processes.
Sandra N. Meijer,Wendy A. Ockenden,Andrew J. Sweetman,Knut Breivik,Joan O. Grimalt,Kevin C. Jones +5 more
TL;DR: This paper presents data from a survey of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) concentrations in 191 global background surface soils, with OM-rich soils in the NH consistently contained the highest burdens; such soils are a key global compartment for these compounds.
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Oceanic Biogeochemical Controls on Global Dynamics of Persistent Organic Pollutants
Jordi Dachs,Rainer Lohmann,Wendy A. Ockenden,Laurence Méjanelle,Steven J. Eisenreich,Kevin C. Jones +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that oceanic biogeochemical processes play a critical role in controlling the global dynamics and the ultimate sink of POPs.
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Influence of environmental variables on the spatial distribution of PCBs in Norwegian and U.K. soils: implications for global cycling.
TL;DR: The dataset suggests that the more volatile PCBs are moving toward equilibrium with the OM burden of the soil compartment on a European regional scale, while the distribution of the "stickier", heavier homologues appears to still be primarily influenced by their preferential deposition closer to source areas.
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The global re-cycling of persistent organic pollutants is strongly retarded by soils
Wendy A. Ockenden,Knut Breivik,Sandra N. Meijer,Eiliv Steinnes,Andrew J. Sweetman,Kevin C. Jones +5 more
TL;DR: It is imperative that researchers seek to better understand their release from sources, persistence in source regions, and the significant loss mechanisms/global sinks of these compounds, if they wish to predict future trends.
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Observations on persistent organic pollutants in plants : Implications for their use as passive air samplers and for POP cycling
TL;DR: In this article, pine needle (Pinus sylvestris) and lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) samples from various remote sites across Norway have been analyzed for a range of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).