N-alkanes as indicators of natural and anthropogenic organic matter sources in the siak river and its estuary, e Sumatra, Indonesia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-409

  Liebezeit, Gerd ^a   Wöstmann, Ralf ^a  

^a Research Centre Terramare   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkane; Coastal ocean; Estuary; Hydrocarbon; Indonesia; Organic matter sources; River; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; COASTAL OCEAN; INDONESIA; ORGANIC MATTER SOURCES; SUMATRA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ESTUARIES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDONESIA; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; ALKANES; CARBON; DESICCATION; FREEZE DRYING; FUEL OILS; INDONESIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67650072860     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9734-4     Document Type: Article

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