Air-water gas exchange of chiral and achiral organochlorine pesticides in the Great Lakes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 8533-8542

  Jantunen, Liisa M ^a   Helm, Paul A ^b   Ridal, Jeffrey J ^c   Bidleman, Terry F ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlordane; Enantiomers; Great Lakes; Hexachlorocyclohexane; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHIRALITY; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENANTIOMERS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES; SECURITY OF DATA;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR EXCHANGES; AIR SAMPLES; CHLORDANE; ENANTIOMER FRACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; GREAT LAKES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIORS; ONTARIO; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; WATER GASSES; WATER RESIDENCE TIMES; WATER SAMPLES;

LAKES;

CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DIELDRIN; FUGACITY; GAS EXCHANGE; HCH; LAKE WATER; METABOLITE; RESIDENCE TIME; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; GAS EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 54849414612     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.052     Document Type: Article

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