Spatio-temporal evaluation of organic contaminants and their transformation products along a river basin affected by urban, agricultural and industrial pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 420, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-145

  Gómez, María José ^a,b   Herrera, Sonia ^a,b   Solé, David ^a,b   García Calvo, Eloy ^a,b   Fernández Alba, Amadeo R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation products; Personal care products; Pesticides; Policycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; River water; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CENTRAL SPAIN; CHEMICAL WATER; CRITICAL FACTORS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; EMISSION POINT; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; NEW CONTAMINANT; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER WATER; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SAMPLING POINTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TARGET COMPOUND; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TIME-PERIODS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RATING; RIVERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

4 AMINO MUSK XYLENE; 9,10 ANTHRACENODIONE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GALAXOLIDE; LACTONE; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCP; PESTICIDE; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; RIVERS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HENARES RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84857649180     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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