Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a highly industrialized urban estuary: Inventories and trends

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2655-2664

  Walker, Shelby E ^a,c   Dickhut, Rebecca M ^a   Chisholm Brause, Catherine ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effects levels; Elizabeth River; Particle interactions; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ESTUARIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

CHESPEAKE BAY, USA; CONTAMINANT CONTAMINATIONS; PELAGIC CONTAMINATION; URBAN ESTUARY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RIVER WATER;

ABUNDANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESTUARY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PAH;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRY; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; VIRGINIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANACOSTIA;

EID: 5444225305     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-628     Document Type: Article

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