Distribution and sources of organochlorine pesticides in sediments from typical catchment of the Yangtze River, China

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-312

  Tang, Zhenwu ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Shen, Zhenyao ^a   Niu, Junfeng ^a   Liao, Renfei ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distribution; Organochlorine pesticides; Persistent organic pollutants; Sediments; Yangtze River catchment

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHINA; CLAY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAKE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DDT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 34548319256     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0224-y     Document Type: Article

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