Molecular tracers of soot and sewage contamination in streams supplying New York City drinking water

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 928-953

  Aufdenkampe, Anthony K ^a   Arscott, David B ^a,b   Dow, Charles L ^a   Standley, Laurel J ^a,c  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Catskills; Fecal steroids; Land use; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Spatial distribution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FOREST COVER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEWAGE; SOOT; STEROID; STREAMWATER; TRACER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845337986     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)025[0928:MTOSAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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