Relationship between the concentrations of dissolved organic matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a typical U.K. upland stream

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-138

  Moeckel, Claudia ^a   Monteith, Donald T ^a   Llewellyn, Neville R ^a   Henrys, Peter A ^a   Pereira, M Glória ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOC CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); REGRESSION FUNCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMS DRAINING;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLOCCULATION; PAH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FLOCCULATION; RIVER; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENGLAND; LANCASHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WYRE RIVER;

FLOCCULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891809631     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403707q     Document Type: Article

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