Application of passive sampling for measuring dissolved concentrations of organic contaminants in the water column at three marine superfund sites

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1720-1733

  Burgess, Robert M ^a   Lohmann, Rainer ^b   Schubauer Berigan, Joseph P ^c   Reitsma, Pamela ^b,d   Perron, Monique M ^a   Lefkovitz, Lisa ^e   Cantwell, Mark G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Narragansett Bay Commission   (United States)

^e BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Dissolved concentration; Freely dissolved concentration; Passive sampling; Superfund program

Indexed keywords

ACETAL RESINS; ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYETHYLENES; SILICONES;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS; FREELY DISSOLVED CONCENTRATION; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SUPERFUND PROGRAM;

CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIMETICONE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYOXYMETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BAYSILON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; DISSOLVED MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REMEDIATION; SAMPLING; SUPERFUND; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SEDIMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW BEDFORD HARBOR; NEWPORT [RHODE ISLAND]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALOS VERDES SHELF; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYETHYLENE; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84937522218     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2995     Document Type: Article

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