Environmental consequences of water pumped from greater New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina: Chemical, toxicological, and infaunal analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2594-2601

  Suedel, Burton C ^a   Steevens, Jeffery A ^a   Kennedy, Alan J ^a   Brasfield, Sandra M ^a   Ray, Gary L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HURRICANE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; LEAD;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HURRICANE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; HURRICANE; MARSH; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; INVERTEBRATES; LOUISIANA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHALMETTE; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIOLET;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247108157     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061977s     Document Type: Article

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