Distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in an urban riparian zone affected by wastewater treatment plant effluent and the transfer to terrestrial compartment by invertebrates

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 252-257

  Yu, Junchao ^a,b   Wang, Thanh ^a   Han, Shanlong ^b   Wang, Pu ^a   Zhang, Qinghua ^a   Jiang, Guibin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Invertebrates; PCB 11; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Riparian zone; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; INVERTEBRATES; PCB-11; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); RIPARIAN ZONES; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANIMALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; EFFLUENTS; HOUSING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOILS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOTA; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; PCB; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHIRONOMIDAE; DRAGONFLY; EFFLUENT; INVERTEBRATE; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCHAETA; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIOACCUMULATION; INVERTEBRATES; PCB-11; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIPARIAN ZONE; WASTEWATER EFFLUENT;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIRONOMIDAE; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SOIL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 84879729147     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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