GEMET
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Definition

mechanism by which contaminants are moving through the media until they escape the system, namely via the movement of a mass of fluid (air, ocean current) or the transport of pollutants or plankton by such movement

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15351