Estimation of contaminant loads from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta to San Francisco Bay

Water Environment Research

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 334-346

  David, N ^a   Gluchowski, D C ^a,b   Leatherbarrow, J E ^a   Yee, D ^a   McKee, L J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Loads; Mercury; PCBs; Sacramento River; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LOADING; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SELENIUM;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT LOADS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; TOTAL MERCURIES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AROCLOR 1254; DIOXIN; FURAN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RUNOFF; SELENIUM; STORM WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; ESTIMATION METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SELENIUM; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BAY; BIOACCUMULATION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

BAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; SAN FRANCISCO; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928743587     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143015X14212658613721     Document Type: Article

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