Chiral source apportionment of polychlorinated biphenyls to the Hudson River estuary atmosphere and food web

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6163-6169

  Asher, Brian J ^a   Wong, Charles S ^a   Rodenburg, Lisa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; VAPORIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC SOURCE; CONTROLS PHYTOPLANKTON; DYNAMIC CONTAMINANT EXCHANGE;

WATER POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONTAMINATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; VAPORIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; PCB; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHIRALITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENANTIOMER; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW YORK; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY HARBOR ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548588472     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070763n     Document Type: Article

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