Environmental characterization of surface runoff from three highway sites in Southern Ontario, Canada: 1. Chemistry

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-120

  Mayer, T ^a   Rochfort, Q ^a   Marsalek, J ^a   Parrott, J ^a   Servos, M ^b   Baker, M ^c   Mcinnis, R ^a   Jurkovic, A ^a   Scott, I ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Highway runoff; PAHs; Road salts; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGHWAY RUNOFF; METAL STRUCTURES; ONTARIO , CANADA; PAHS; ROAD CONDITION; ROAD SALTS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TEMPORAL ASPECTS; TRACE METAL; TRAFFIC INTENSITY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; METALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

RUNOFF;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MUTAGENICITY; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RUNOFF; SALT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 83055162253     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2011.035     Document Type: Article

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