The effect of activated carbon on partitioning, desorption, and biouptake of native polychlorinated biphenyls in four freshwater sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2287-2295

  Sun, Xueli ^a   Ghosh, Upal ^a  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Bioconcentration factor; Desorption kinetics; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; FIRE HAZARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

AREAS OF CONCERNS; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTORS; DESORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; DESORPTION KINETICS; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATIONS; FRESHWATER OLIGOCHAETES; FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GREAT LAKES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NIAGARA RIVERS; NORTH AMERICA; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; PCB CONGENERS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTIONS; STEADY STATES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCES;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FRESH WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANNELID; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DEPOSIT FEEDING; DESORPTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIPID; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTITIONING; PCB; POREWATER; REACTION KINETICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CARBON; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OLIGOCHAETA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 56049091258     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-020.1     Document Type: Article

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