Identification of selected organic contaminants in streams associated with agricultural activities and comparison between autosampling and silicone rubber passive sampling

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 261-272

  Emelogu, Emmanuel S ^a,b   Pollard, Pat ^b   Robinson, Craig D ^a   Webster, Lynda ^a   McKenzie, Craig ^b   Napier, Fiona ^c   Steven, Lucy ^c   Moffat, Colin F ^a,b  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Pesticides; Plants protection products (PPPs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; PLANTS PROTECTION PRODUCTS (PPPS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; ELASTOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RUNOFF; SILICONES; UREA; WATER QUALITY; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SILASTIC;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER; UREA; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STREAM (RIVER); TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SCOTLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872741797     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.053     Document Type: Article

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