A review of ecological effects and environmental fate of illicit drugs in aquatic ecosystems

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 282, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-25

  Rosi Marshall, E J ^a   Snow, D ^b   Bartelt Hunt, S L ^b   Paspalof, A ^b   Tank, J L ^c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Cocaine; Freshwater; Heroin; Methamphetamines

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOLOGY; DRUG PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; COCAINE; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FRESHWATER; HEROIN; METHAMPHETAMINES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; SURFACE WATER; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; STREET DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ORGANISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; HALF LIFE TIME; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; STREAM (RIVER); VERTEBRATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREEN ALGA; RIVER; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; EELS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; STREET DRUGS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84921907523     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.06.062     Document Type: Article

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