Perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate in the sediment of the Roter Main river, Bayreuth, Germany

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 818-820

  Becker, Anna M ^a   Gerstmann, Silke ^a   Frank, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FIRE HAZARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; GERMANY; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACIDS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; RIVER WATERS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFONATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; GERMANY; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; OCTANOIC ACIDS; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BAVARIA; BAYREUTH; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ROTER MAIN RIVER;

EID: 55649091024     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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