Including sorption to black carbon in modeling bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Uncertainty analysis and comparison to field data

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2738-2744

  Hauck, Mara ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a   Koelmans, Albert A ^b   Moermond, Caroline T A ^b,d   Van Den Heuvel Greve, Martine J ^c   Veltman, Karin ^a   Hendriks, A Jan ^a   Vethaak, A Dick ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PROBABILITY; SORPTION;

MODEL ESTIMATIONS; RISK ESTIMATIONS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON BLACK;

CARBON; FRESH WATER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON BLACK; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PROBABILITY; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BLACK CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODELING; PAH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; LAND BIOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADSORPTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOOT;

EID: 34247218049     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062878h     Document Type: Article

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