Occurrence and distribution of monomethylalkanes in the freshwater wetland ecosystem of the Florida Everglades

Chemosphere

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 258-266

  He, Ding ^a   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^b   Jara, Blanca ^a   Jaffé, Rudolf ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Floc; Mass spectra; Mono methylalkanes; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBOXYLATION; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOILS; WATER; WETLANDS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; FLOC; MASS SPECTRA; MONO-METHYLALKANES; PERIPHYTONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; FATTY ACID; FRESH WATER; MONOMETHYLALKANE; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPLEXITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DECARBOXYLATION; FATTY ACID; FLOCCULATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PERIPHYTON; SOIL HORIZON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECARBOXYLATION; ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER SPECIES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; SURFACE SOIL; UNITED STATES; WETLAND; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA;

ALKANES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84919772432     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.054     Document Type: Article

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