Identifying fluorescent pulp mill effluent in the Gulf of Maine and its watershed

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1678-1687

  Cawley, Kaelin M ^a   Butler, Kenna D ^b   Aiken, George R ^b   Larsen, Laurel G ^b   Huntington, Thomas G ^b   McKnight, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Fluorescence spectroscopy; Gulf of Maine; Parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC); Pulp mill effluent

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; GULF OF MAINE; PARAFAC; PARALLEL FACTOR ANALYSIS; PULP MILL EFFLUENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EFFLUENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARALLEL FACTOR ANALYSIS; PULP MILL; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; MAINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS; WOOD;

ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; MAINE; PENOBSCOT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864132194     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.040     Document Type: Article

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