Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in road-deposited sediments, water sediments, and soils in Sydney, Australia: Comparisons of concentration distribution, sources and potential toxicity

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 339-348

  Nguyen, Thuy Chung ^a   Loganathan, Paripurnanda ^a   Nguyen, Tien Vinh ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a   Kandasamy, Jaya ^a   Slee, Danny ^b   Stevenson, Gavin ^b   Naidu, Ravi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Principal component analysis; Road deposited sediment; Toxicity; Water sediment

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY EQUIVALENT QUOTIENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROAD-DEPOSITED SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; WATER SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WATER;

EID: 84902147213     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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