Characterization, sources and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in long-term contaminated riverbank sediments

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3519-3529

  Johnston, G Patricia ^a   Lineman, David ^b   Johnston, Carl G ^c   Leff, Laura ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hickory High School ^*  (United States)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem risk; Petrogenic; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pyrolytic; Riverbank sediments; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; LOCATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; STAINLESS STEEL; TOXICITY;

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM RISKS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROGENIC; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PYROLYTIC; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PAH; PETROGENESIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

MAHONING RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937855088     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4402-y     Document Type: Article

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