Enantiomeric composition of chiral polychlorinated biphenyl atropisomers in dated sediment cores

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-263

  Wong, Charles S ^a   Pakdeesusuk, Usarat ^b   Morrissey, Joshua A ^a   Lee, Cindy M ^c   Coates, John T ^c   Garrison, Arthur W ^d   Mabury, Scott A ^e   Marvin, Christopher H ^f   Muir, Derek C G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atropisomers; Chiral polychlorinated biphenyls; Reductive dechlorination; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DECHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ISOMERS; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTS;

ATROPISOMERS; CHIRAL POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECHLORINATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PCB; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHIRALITY; DECHLORINATION; ENANTIOMER; ISOMER; LAKE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES; HARTWELL LAKE; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846660481     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-164R.1     Document Type: Article

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