A model for predicting sediment-water partition of toxic chemicals in aquatic environments

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 437-442

  Shimazu, H ^a   Ohnishi, E ^a   Ozaki, N ^a   Fukushima, T ^a   Nakasugi, O ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Fragment constant method; Sediment water partition coefficient; Toxic chemical

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; SORPTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SEDIMENT-WATER PARTITION;

WATER POLLUTION;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0036951356     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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