Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in the Beibu Gulf, China: Impacts of river discharge and aquaculture activities

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-33

  Zheng, Qian ^a,b   Zhang, Ruijie ^a   Wang, Yinghui ^c   Pan, Xiaohui ^d   Tang, Jianhui ^d   Zhang, Gan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Aquaculture; Beibu Gulf; Chemical pollution; China; Coastal zone; Risk assessment; River discharge

Indexed keywords

BEIBU GULF; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; CHINA; CLARITHROMYCIN; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUBCAPITATA; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AQUACULTURE; COASTAL ZONES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SEA WATER; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFACETAMIDE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFATHIAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUACULTURE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; RIVER DISCHARGE;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BEIBU GULF; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MEASURED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTED NO EFFECT CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RIVER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS LEOPOLIENSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUACULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GULF OF TONKIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS LEOPOLIENSIS;

EID: 84861675219     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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