Spatial extent and ecotoxicological risk assessment of a micropollutant-contaminated wastewater plume in Lake Geneva

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 7-19

  Hoerger, Corinne C ^a,c   Akhtman, Yosef ^a   Martelletti, Lorenzo ^a,d   Rutler, Rebecca ^a,e   Bonvin, Florence ^a   Grange, Aureline ^a,b   Arey, J Samuel ^a,b   Kohn, Tamar ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Environmental Chemistry Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Sciences and Technology ^*  (Switzerland)

^e Cimo Compagnie Industrielle de Monthey SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corrosion inhibitors; Electrical conductivity; Pesticides; Pharmaceuticals; Risk quotient; Wastewater mass

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PESTICIDE; PLUME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; WASTEWATER; WATER MASS;

LAKE GENEVA; SWITZERLAND; VAUD; VIDY BAY;

EID: 84901948818     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-013-0315-6     Document Type: Article

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