Benzotriazoles in the Aquatic Environment: A Review of Their Occurrence, Toxicity, Degradation and Analysis

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 226, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Alotaibi, M D ^a,b,c   McKinley, A J ^a   Patterson, B M ^a,b   Reeder, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

5 methylbenzotriazole; Analysis; Benzotriazole; Degradation; Occurrence; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICITY; WATER SUPPLY;

5-METHYLBENZOTRIAZOLE; ANALYSIS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BENZOTRIAZOLES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; OCCURRENCE;

WATER TREATMENT;

BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; OZONE; RIVER WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DEGRADATION; DETECTION METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; DUST EXPOSURE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84933518194     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-015-2469-4     Document Type: Article

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