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Organic chemicals, heavy metals, and radionuclides are present in all phases of the environment—air, water, and land. When these substances are released in the water phase of the environment, they are transported by the fluid motion, are transferred to the atmosphere and bed, are subject to various physicochemical and biochemical reactions, and are assimilated by all levels of the aquatic food chain. They are also transmitted by direct ingestion through the food chain to higher organisms and ultimately to humans. It is the purpose of this chapter to present a mathematical analysis of the transport and fate of trace constituents in estuarine systems.
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O’Connor, D.J., Connolly, J.P., Garland, E.J. (1989). Mathematical Models—Fate, Transport, and Food Chain. In: Levin, S.A., Kelly, J.R., Harwell, M.A., Kimball, K.D. (eds) Ecotoxicology: Problems and Approaches. Springer Advanced Text in Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3520-0_9
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