Biogeochemistry of organic and inorganic arsenic species in a forested catchment in Germany

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1564-1569

  Huang, Jen How ^a   Matzner, Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENOBETAINE; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; CACODYLIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METHANEARSONIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RAIN; RUNOFF; TRIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE;

ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DRINKING WATER; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FORESTED CATCHMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GERMANY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

ARSENIC; GEOLOGY; GERMANY; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TREES;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33847658239     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061586d     Document Type: Article

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