Concentrations and loads of PCBs, dioxins, PAHs, PBDEs, OC pesticides and pyrethroids during storm and low flow conditions in a small urban semi-arid watershed

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 251-261

  Gilbreath, Alicia N ^a   McKee, Lester J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid climate; Management implications; Organic pollutants; Stormwater runoff; Urban land use

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; STORMS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ARID CLIMATES; LOW FLOW CONDITION; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEMI-ARID WATERSHED; STORM WATER RUNOFF; URBAN LAND USE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALLETHRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BIFENTHRIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYHALOTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DIELDRIN; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; MITOTANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; PERMETHRIN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRETHROID; RAIN; RUNOFF; TRALOMETHRIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; LOW FLOW; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PAH; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PYRETHROID PESTICIDE; SEMIARID REGION; STORMWATER; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HURRICANE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RAIN; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928744753     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.052     Document Type: Article

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