Bioavailability of hydrophobic organic contaminants and quality of organic carbon

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-81

  Fredrickson, Herbert L ^a   Furey, John ^a   Talley, Jeffrey W ^b   Richmond, Margaret ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Fugacity; Hydrophobic organic contaminants; Organic contaminant aqueous partition coefficient; Sediments; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750974276     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-004-0062-y     Document Type: Article

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