Relationship between biodegradation and sorption of phthalate esters and their metabolites in natural sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1730-1737

  Kickham, Peter ^a   Otton, S Victoria ^a   Moore, Margo M ^a   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Gobas, Frank A P C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Persistence; Phthalate ester; Sediment; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION RATE; CHEMICAL EVALUATION; CHEMICAL SORPTION; COMMERCIAL CHEMICALS; DISSOLVED CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; HALF LIVES; INTERSTITIAL WATER; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; NATURAL SOILS; PERSISTENCE; PHTHALATE ESTER; REGULATORY EVALUATION; SCREENING TESTS; TESTING METHOD;

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION;

BIODEGRADATION;

PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; HALF LIFE; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERSISTENCE; PHTHALATE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; REACTION RATE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SORPTION; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLITE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SORPTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ESTERS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHTHALIC ACIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863990882     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1903     Document Type: Article

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