Antibiotic fate and transport in three effluent-dominated Ozark streams

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 930-938

  Massey, Leslie B ^a,b   Haggard, Brian E ^a,b   Galloway, Joel M ^c   Loftin, Keith A ^c   Meyer, Michael T ^c   Green, W Reed ^c  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Effluent discharge; Sediment; Streams; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BETA-LACTAMS; DECATUR; EFFLUENT DISCHARGE; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FLUVIAL CHANNELS; IN-STREAM PROCESS; MACROLIDES; OZARK STREAMS; PARTITIONING COEFFICIENTS; QUINOLONES; STREAMBED MATERIALS; STREAMBEDS; STREAMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WATER COLUMNS;

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVERS;

ANTIBIOTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARKANSAS; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953129634     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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