Occurrence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1742-1753

  Bravo Linares, C M ^a   Mudge, S M ^a   Loyola Sepulveda, R H ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

BTEXs; Halocarbons; Pigments; River mersey; Seawater; Solid phase microextraction (SPME)

Indexed keywords

RIVER MERSEY; SOLID-PHASE MICROEXTRACTION (SPME);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN; SEAWATER; TIDES;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1 BROMOETHANE; 1 CHLOROBUTANE; 1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ISOPROPYL CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; PIGMENT; SEA WATER; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; SURFACE WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WEATHER;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALOGENATION; IODINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SUNLIGHT; TIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SAMPLING; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, ACYCLIC; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRELAND; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIVERPOOL BAY; MERSEY RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36049041058     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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