Efficiencies of freshwater and estuarine constructed wetlands for phenolic endocrine disruptor removal in Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-191

  Hsieh, Chi Ying ^a   Yang, Lei ^b   Kuo, Wen Chien ^a   Zen, Yi Peng ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkylphenolic compounds; Constructed wetland; Ecotoxicological risk assessment; Endocrine disrupting chemicals

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ESTUARINE WETLANDS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; ESTUARIES; PHENOLS; REMOVAL; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER;

WETLANDS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FRESH WATER; NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE DERIVATIVE; NONYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE DERIVATIVE; OCTYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTUARY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RIPARIAN ZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; INFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ALKYLPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTUARIES; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FRESH WATER; PHENOLS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CHINA; DAHAN RIVER; DAPENG; GUANGDONG; TAIWAN;

EID: 84879577725     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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