Lipids in suspended matter from the human-disturbed Lanyang River, northeastern Taiwan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 138-144

  Jeng, Woei Lih ^a   Kao, Shuh Ji ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbons; Lanyang River; Northeastern Taiwan; Suspended matter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; FOSSIL FUELS; LIPIDS;

TOTAL SUSPENDED MATTER (TSM);

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LIPID; RIVER POLLUTION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT YIELD;

TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0038521634     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0619-7     Document Type: Article

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