Mass balances on selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the New York-New Jersey harbor

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 642-653

  Rodenburg, Lisa A ^a   Valle, Sandra N ^b   Panero, Marta A ^b,c   Muñoz, Gabriela R ^d   Shor, Leslie M ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO [A] PYRENE; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; DATA GAP; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENES; MASS BALANCE; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS; PERYLENES; REMOVAL PROCESS; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORMWATERS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TIDAL EXCHANGE; TRANSMISSION ROUTE; URBAN WATER RESOURCES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER COLUMNS;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTHRACENE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; COMBINED SEWERS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORTS AND HARBORS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORM SEWERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; STORM WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOTATION BED; LOADING TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERE; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77649223148     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0264     Document Type: Article

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