Application and evaluation of a new passive sampler for measuring average solute concentrations in a catchment scale water quality monitoring study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1353-1359

  Rozemeijer, Joachim ^a,b   Van Der Velde, Ype ^b,c   De Jonge, Hubert ^d   Van Geer, Frans ^a,e   Broers, Hans Peter ^b,e   Bierkens, Marc ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d Agro Business Park   (Denmark)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CATCHMENT SCALE; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; EVALUATION STUDY; FIELD EXPERIENCE; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SAMPLE VOLUME; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; TILE DRAINS; WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; MONITORING; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SAMPLING;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

CATCHMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER; TILE DRAIN; VOLUME; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SAMPLER; SORBICELL SAMPLER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77249123988     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903068h     Document Type: Article

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