Distribution characteristics and ecological risk assessment of PAHs in surface waters of China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 914-925

  Guo, GuangHui ^a,b,c   Wu, FengChang ^c   He, HongPing ^a   Zhang, RuiQing ^a,b   Li, HuiXian ^c   Feng, ChengLian ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; ecological risk assessment; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); surface water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHINA; DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HAIHE RIVER BASIN; HUAIHE RIVER; LOW-TO-HIGH; MARGIN OF SAFETY; NORTHERN CHINA; PEARL RIVER BASIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POTENTIAL RISKS; RIVER BASINS; SONGHUA RIVER; SOUTHERN CHINA; TOXICITY DATA; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

ECOLOGY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE WATERS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PAH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HAI BASIN; LIAOHE BASIN; SONGHUA BASIN; YANGTZE BASIN; YELLOW RIVER BASIN; ZHUJIANG BASIN;

EID: 84861702202     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4434-z     Document Type: Article

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