Testing copper-speciation predictions in freshwaters over a wide range of metal-organic matter ratios

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1487-1495

  Ahmed, Imad A M ^a   Hamilton Taylor, John ^a   Lofts, Stephen ^b   Meeussen, Johannes C L ^c   Lin, Chun ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Davison, William ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING CHARACTERISTICS; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; FREE ION ACTIVITY; FRESH WATER; FULVIC ACIDS; HEADWATER STREAM; HUMIC ACID; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; METAL-ORGANIC; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL PREDICTION; NATURAL WATERS; TRACE METAL SPECIATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FORECASTING; METAL TESTING; ORGANIC ACIDS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION;

COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK;

BIOASSAY; CALIBRATION; COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE METAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER TREATMENT;

BENZOPYRANS; COPPER; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873475391     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304150n     Document Type: Article

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