Detecting river pollution using fluorescence spectrophotometry: Case studies from the Ouseburn, NE England

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-70

  Baker, Andy ^a   Inverarity, Roger ^b   Charlton, Martin ^a   Richmond, Susie ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined sewage overflows; Cross connected sewers; Fluorescence; Ouseburn; Sewage

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATCHMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ORGANIC MATTER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE; RIVER; SEWAGE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; CITIES; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037411201     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00408-6     Document Type: Article

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