Foam in the aquatic environment

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4355-4366

  Schilling, Katerina ^a   Zessner, Matthias ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Foam enrichment; Foam formation; Sea foam; Surface microlayer

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; FOAM FORMATION; LEGAL ASPECTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS; SEA FOAM; SURFACE MICROLAYER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALCOHOL; CARBON; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; METAL; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATER; SURFACTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTHETICS; FOAM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LEGAL SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROLAYER; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE WATER; VISIBILITY; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERE; ECOLOGY; FOAM; FOAM STABILITY; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 79960561469     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.06.004     Document Type: Review

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