Seasonal variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons concentrations in urban streams at Niterói City, RJ, Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2834-2838

  Ribeiro, Angelo Morgado ^a   da Rocha, Camila Coimbra Martins ^a   Franco, Caroline Fernandes Jaegger ^a   Fontana, Luiz Francisco ^a   Pereira Netto, Annibal D ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Guanabara Bay; PAH; Urban runoff; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; GUANABARA BAY; LIMITS OF QUANTIFICATION; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; LOCAL POLLUTIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); SEASONAL VARIATION; TWO-STREAM; URBAN RUNOFF; URBAN STREAM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLES; WET AND DRY SEASONS;

ANTHRACENE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE;

WATER POLLUTION;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY SEASON; LAKE WATER; PAH; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WET SEASON;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; CITIES; FLUORENES; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; NITEROI; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84870245607     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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