Variations in α-hexachlorocyclohexane enantiomer ratios in relation to microbial activity in a temperate estuary

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1421-1427

  Padma, Tiruponithura V ^a   Dickhut, Rebecca M ^b   Ducklow, Hugh ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hexachlorocyclohexane; Chiral pesticides; Enantiomer ratios; Microbial activity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL ALTERATION;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; PESTICIDE; ALPHA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CARCINOGEN; LINDANE;

BIODEGRADATION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; VOLATILIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CONFORMATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARCINOGENS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINDANE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0141447776     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)22<1421:VIHERI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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