Water-column concentrations and partitioning of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the New York/New Jersey Harbor, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1636-1642

  Zarnadze, Archil ^a   Rodenburg, Lisa A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Hudson River; Partitioning; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; ETHERS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORTS AND HARBORS; STANDARDS;

AMBIENT WATERS; CALCULATED VALUES; COLLOIDS; HUDSON RIVER; INTENSIVE SAMPLING; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; NETHERLANDS; PARTICLE PHASE; PARTITIONING; POLY-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; STANDARD DEVIATION; USA; WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; WATER SAMPLES;

LAKES;

OCTANOL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

COLLOID; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTITIONING; PBDE; SAMPLING; SORPTION; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; LAKE; NETHERLANDS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ADSORPTION; AIR; CARBON; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; OCTANOLS; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; HUDSON RIVER; LAKE ONTARIO; NETHERLANDS; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; RARITAN BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48949085634     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-619.1     Document Type: Article

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