Persistence of polycyclic aromatic compounds of different molecular size and water solubility in surficial sediment of an intertidal sandflat

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 670-676

  Wilcock, Robert J ^a   Corban, Graham A ^b   Northcott, Grant L ^a   Wilkins, Alistair L ^b   Langdon, Alan G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intertidal sandflat; Persistence; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SAND; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 0029961150     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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