Seasonal variations and spatial distributions of perfluoroalkyl substances in the rivers Elbe and lower Weser and the North Sea

Chemosphere

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-125

  Zhao, Zhen ^a,b,c   Xie, Zhiyong ^a   Tang, Jianhui ^b   Sturm, Renate ^a   Chen, Yingjun ^b   Zhang, Gan ^c   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

PFAS; Riverine flux; Seasonal variation; The north sea; The river elbe

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH SEA; PFAS; RIVER ELBE; RIVERINE FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION;

RIVERS;

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; ESTUARY; NORTH SEA; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPROATES; CAPRYLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84926406676     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.050     Document Type: Article

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