Volatile organic compounds in the surface waters of a British estuary. Part 1. Occurrence distribution and variation

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 352-370

  Bianchi, Alexander P ^a,b   Varney, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Exxon Chemical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Alkylbenzenes; Estuarine environment; Multivariate statistical analysis; Open loop stripping; Organohalogens; Organosulphides; Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKYLBENZENES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; OPEN LOOP STRIPPING; ORGANOHALOGENS; ORGANOSULPHIDES;

SURFACE WATERS;

ALKANE; ALKENE; BUTANE; CYCLOALKANE; CYCLOALKENE; SURFACE WATER; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOGENIC COMPOUND; ESTUARY; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; VOC; VOC ESTUARY;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; SOUTHAMPTON WATER; UK;

CILIOPHORA; MESODINIUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0032007568     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00256-X     Document Type: Article

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