Chromium occurrence and speciation in Baltimore harbor sediments and porewater, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-480

  Graham, Andrew M ^a   Wadhawan, Amar R ^a   Bouwer, Edward J ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltimore harbor; Chromium; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; BALTIMORE; BALTIMORE HARBOR; CHROMIUM CONTAMINATION; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CR CONCENTRATION; CR SPECIATIONS; CR SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FIELD VALIDATION; HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; HPLC ICP MS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; ION PAIRS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MARYLAND , USA; METHOD VALIDATIONS; PORE WATERS; POREWATER CONCENTRATIONS; REDUCING CAPACITY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT TOXICITY;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PHOTORESISTS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM; SULFIDE; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; POREWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIC STRENGTH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BALTIMORE HARBOR; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

BALTIMORE; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 66649131799     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-149.1     Document Type: Article

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