Occurrence and mass loadings of n-alkanes in riverine runoff of the Pearl River Delta, South China: Global implications for levels and inputs

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2036-2041

  Wang, Ji Zhong ^a,b   Ni, Hong Gang ^a,b   Guan, Yu Feng ^a,b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Global input; N alkanes; Pearl River Delta; Riverine runoff; Source assessment

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; HYDROCARBONS; PARAFFINS; RUNOFF;

GLOBAL INPUT; N-ALKANES; PEARL RIVER DELTA; RIVERINE RUNOFF; SOURCE ASSESSMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ALKANE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DELTA; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; PAH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; HYDROLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

ALKANES; CHINA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 53949107190     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-034.1     Document Type: Article

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