Assessment of bioavailable fraction of POPS in surface water bodies in Johannesburg City, South Africa, using passive samplers: An initial assessment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5639-5653

  Amdany, Robert ^a   Chimuka, Luke ^a   Cukrowska, Ewa ^a   Kukučka, Petr ^b   Kohoutek, Jiří ^b   Tölgyessy, Peter ^c   Vrana, Branislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Free dissolved concentration; Hydrophobic organic compounds; Monitoring; Passive sampling; Passive sampling devices; SPMDs

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SURFACE WATERS;

DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PASSIVE SAMPLING DEVICES; SPMDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905985289     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3809-3     Document Type: Article

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