Preliminary evaluation of the occurrence of herbicides and PAHs in the Wet Tropics region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, using passive samplers

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 8-12, 2005, Pages 876-881

  Shaw, Melanie ^a,b   Müller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great barrier reef; Herbicides; PAHs; Passive sampling; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HERBICIDES; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMPURITIES; OCEAN HABITATS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; SAMPLING;

GREAT BARRIER REEF; LAND-BASED POLLUTANTS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; URBANIZATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ATRAZINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIURON; HERBICIDE; HEXAZINONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SIMAZINE;

HERBICIDE; MARINE POLLUTION; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; MONITORING; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT; SEASON; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 27744449553     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.04.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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