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Environmental fate and monitoring of organic micropollutants

Umweltprozesse und Überwachung von organischen Mikroverunreinigungen

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  • Transport of Organic Micropollutants in Aquatic Environments
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Zusammenfassung

Die Konzentrationen von organischen Verunreinigungen in den verschiedenen Bereichen der Umwelt werden weitgehend bestimmt von dem Verhalten der Verbindungen und der Geschwindigkeit der Freisetzung. Die Konzentrationsveränderungen mit der Zeit können mit Hilfe verschiedener Überwachungsprogramme verfolgt werden. Zusätzlich zu den üblichen chemisch-analytischen Verfahren werden Kombinationen von chemischer Analytik und biologischen Tests diskutiert.

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Ambient concentrations of organic pollutants in various environmental compartments are largely determined by the compounds' fate and their release rate. The change of such concentrations with time can be followed by a variety of monitoring programs. In addition to the traditional chemical analysis methods this paper discusses the use of combinations of chemical analyses with biological tests.

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  1. Laboratory of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht, NL-1918, WV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Antoon Opperhuizen & Erik H. G. Evers

  2. Chair of Ecological Chemistry and Geochemistry, University of Bayreuth, Postfach 3008, D-8580, Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany

    Otto Hutzinger

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Opperhuizen, A., Evers, E.H.G. & Hutzinger, O. Environmental fate and monitoring of organic micropollutants. Z. Anal. Chem. 319, 137–140 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00584675

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