Spatial and temporal variation of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Houston Ship Channel

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-112

  Lakshmanan, Divagar ^a   Howell, Nathan L ^a   Rifai, Hanadi S ^a   Koenig, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved water; PCDD PCDF; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediment; Suspended water; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION SITE; COMMERCIAL MIXTURES; CONTINUING CURRENT; DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; DISSOLVED WATER; HOUSTON; HYDROPHOBIC CONTAMINANTS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCDD/PCDF; PCDD/PCDFS; PHASE PROFILE; SHIP CHANNELS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED WATER; WATER PHASE; WATERBODIES;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHIPS; TISSUE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADSORPTION; COASTAL WATER; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PCB; PCDD; PCDF; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952886891     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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