Occurrence of the odor compounds, 2-methylisoborneol and geosmin in eastern Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 198-204

  Ridal, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Brownlee, Brian ^c   Lean, David R S ^a,b  

^a St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geosmin; Lake Ontario; MIB2; St. Lawrence River; Taste and odor compounds

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOSMIN; LAKE ONTARIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR CONTROL; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TASTE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032963548     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70728-8     Document Type: Article

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