Anthropogenic impacts on the quality of streambed sediments in the lower Sacramento River watershed, California

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Hwang, Hyun Min ^a   Green, Peter G ^a   Holmes, Robert W ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Regional Water Quality Control Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrichment factors; Metals; PAHs; Pesticides; Toxicity potential

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; COPPER; ESTERS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; METALS; PESTICIDES; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; TRANSITION METALS; VANADIUM; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; BIOTIC INDICES; CALIFORNIA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FIELD SURVEYS; HIGH WATERS; LEADED GASOLINES; OCCURRENCE PATTERNS; OP PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAHS; PETROLEUM OILS; PETROLEUM RESIDUES; PYRETHROIDS; SACRAMENTO RIVERS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; STUDY SITES; THRESHOLD EFFECTS; TOXIC EFFECTS; TOXICITY POTENTIAL; WATER PARTITIONING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; COPPER; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; DICOFOL; ENDOSULFAN; FERTILIZER; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; GASOLINE; METAL; METHOXYCHLOR; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRETHROID; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANADIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEDIMENT; SOLID; SOLUBILITY; STREAM (RIVER); TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 57749084822     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802515137     Document Type: Article

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