Occurrence and behaviour of selected hydrophobic alkylphenolic compounds in the Danube River

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2759-2768

  Micić, Vesna ^a   Hofmann, Thilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alkylphenolic compounds; Danube; Mussels; Sediments; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; DANUBE; DANUBE RIVERS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; MUSSELS; NONYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROPHOBICITY; LOCATION; PHENOLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; NONYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; OCTYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; OCTYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHENOLS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67849101652     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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