Input of pharmaceuticals through coastal surface watercourses into a Mediterranean lagoon (Mar Menor, SE Spain): Sources and seasonal variations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-72

  Moreno Gonzalez R ^a   Rodriguez Mozaz S ^b   Gros, M ^b   Perez Canovas E ^a   Barcelo D ^b,c   Leon V M ^a  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal watercourse; Mar Menor lagoon; Pharmaceuticals; Seasonal input; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKERS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; LAKES; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT;

COASTAL WATERCOURSE; DISTRIBUTION PROFILES; MAR MENOR; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; SEASONAL INPUT;

WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; LORAZEPAM; MACROLIDE; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RUNOFF; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; VALSARTAN; DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; EFFLUENT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL WATERS; DILUTION; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84900531005     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.097     Document Type: Article

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