Molecular markers of anthropogenic activity in sediments of the Havel and Spree Rivers (Germany)

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2607-2617

  Ricking, M ^a   Schwarzbauer, J ^b   Franke, S ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic molecular markers; Aquatic sediments; GC MS screening analysis; Sewage treatment plant input

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MOLECULES; NITROGEN; PLASTICIZERS; RIVERS;

MOLECULAR MARKERS;

SEDIMENTS;

4 ETHYLNITROBENZENE; 4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; ACETYL PIPERIDINE; ALKANESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOPHENONE; BENZYL BENZOATE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FORMYL PIPERIDINE; FRAGRANCE; GALAXOLIDE; HALIDE; MOLECULAR MARKER; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTICIZER; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; TRICRESYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMARKER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIPOPHILICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GERMANY; HAVEL RIVER; SPREE RIVER;

EID: 0038739190     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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