The distribution and partitioning of common antibiotics in water and sediment of the Pearl River Estuary, South China

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1410-1416

  Liang, Ximei ^a,d   Chen, Baowei ^b   Nie, Xiangping ^c   Shi, Zhen ^a,d   Huang, Xiaoping ^a   Li, Xiangdong ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Partitioning; Pearl River Estuary; Sediment; South China; Water

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GEMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PARTITIONING; PARTITIONING COEFFICIENTS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; SOUTH CHINA;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITIONING; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; PH; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84880696965     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.044     Document Type: Article

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