Occurrence of alkyltrimethylammonium compounds in urban estuarine sediments: Behentrimonium as a new emerging contaminant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7569-7575

  Lara Mart́n, Pablo A ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Bopp, Richard F ^b   Brownawell, Bruce J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CHAIN; CARBON ATOMS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SURFACE SAMPLE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; DYES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE DISCHARGES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BEHENTRIMONIUM; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM SALT DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACTANT; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ESTUARINE SPECIES; JAMAICA; SEDIMENT; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

JAMAICA BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957346493     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101169a     Document Type: Article

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