Occurrence and distribution of novel botryococcene hydrocarbons in freshwater wetlands of the Florida Everglades

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-236

  Gao, Min ^a   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^b   Gantar, Miroslav ^a   Jaffé, Rudolf ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Botryococcenes; Botryococcus braunii; Cyanobacteria; Everglades; Freshwater wetlands

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DERIVATIVES; HYDROGENATION; WETLANDS;

BOTRYOCOCCENES; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CYANOBACTERIA; EVERGLADES; FRESHWATER WETLANDS;

HYDROCARBONS;

ACRYLIC ACID; BOTRYOCOCCENE; HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAE; DERIVATIVES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGENATION; WETLANDS;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREEN ALGA; HYDROCARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FLOCCULATION; GREEN ALGA; HYDROGENATION; PERIPHYTON; SOIL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 36048998792     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.056     Document Type: Article

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