Using SPMDs to monitor water column concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs and dioxin-like PCBs in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), Australia

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1243-1251

  Roach, Anthony C ^a   Muller, Renee ^b   Komarova, Tatiana ^b   Symons, Robert ^c   Stevenson, Gavin J ^c   Mueller, Jochen F ^b  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Passive sampling; PCDD PCDFs; Sydney Harbour

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; AUSTRALIA; CONGENER PROFILES; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; HOMEBUSH BAYS; JACKSON; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; PCDD/PCDFS; POLYCHLORINATED DI-BENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; SYDNEY HARBOUR; WATER COLUMNS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PCB; PCDD; PCDF; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEVICE; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICE;

AUSTRALIA; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HOMEBUSH BAY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT JACKSON;

EID: 67349115396     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.071     Document Type: Article

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