Seasonal and annual loads of hydrophobic organic contaminants from the Susquehanna River basin to the Chesapeake Bay

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 840-851

  Ko, Fung Chi ^a   Baker, Joel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; HOCs; PAHs; PCBs; Susquehanna River

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL LOADS; SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; FLOW RATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPRING; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WINTER;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARYLAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542484552     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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