Sediment toxicity of a rapidly biodegrading nonionic surfactant: Comparing the equilibrium partitioning approach with measurements in pore water

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4215-4221

  Droge, Steven T J ^a   Postma, Jaap F ^b   Hermens, Joop L M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AquaSense Ltd   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS; PORE WATER;

SEDIMENTS;

NONIONIC SURFACTANT; PORE WATER; SEA WATER; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPOD; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORTALITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITIONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; THEORY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALCOHOLS; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; POROSITY; SEAWATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR;

EID: 44449091613     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702802p     Document Type: Article

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