Role of biofilms in sorptive removal of steroidal hormones and 4-nonylphenol compounds from streams

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7275-7283

  Writer, Jeffrey H ^a,b   Ryan, Joseph N ^b   Barber, Larry B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-NONYLPHENOL; BATCH SORPTION; BED SEDIMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; IN-SITU; MATRIX; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERIPHYTONS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SORPTIVE PROPERTIES; STEROIDAL HORMONES; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; TARGET COMPOUND; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; HORMONES; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOFILMS;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 NONYLPHENOLDIETHOXYLATE; 4 NONYLPHENOLMONOETHOXYLATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ORGANIC MATTER; STEROID HORMONE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HORMONE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STEROID; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL; VOLUME; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROTROPH; HYDROPHOBICITY; PERIPHYTON; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; BIOFILMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HORMONES; PHENOLS; RIVERS; STEROIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 80052229036     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2008038     Document Type: Article

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