Transport and retention of hydrophobic organic micropollutants in estuaries: Implications of the particle concentration effect

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 733-746

  Turner, A ^a   Hyde, T L ^a   Rawling, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Estuaries; Organic micropollutants; Retention; Suspended particles; Transport

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SORPTION;

EID: 0033378763     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0519     Document Type: Article

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