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RECORD NUMBER: 5378 OF 5611| Main Title | Trace Organic Contaminants in Anthropogenically Acidified Surface Waters. | |||||||||||
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| Author | Ford, J. ; Young, T. C. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. ;Clarkson Univ., Potsdam, NY. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | 29 Sep 92 | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1992 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA/600/A-92/282; | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB93-135689 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Acidification ; Surface waters ; Organic compounds ; Aquatic biology ; North America ; Pollution control ; Wildlife ; Physical properties ; Chemical properties ; Vapor pressure ; Concentration ; Atmospheric circulation ; Fertilizers ; Pesticides ; Agriculture ; Environmental impacts ; Fossil fuels ; Industrial wastes ; Trace elements | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 23p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | The biological effects of trace organic contaminants in anthropogenically acidified surface waters are mediated by the nature of the association of trace organics with dissolved and particulate organic matter (DOC and POC). The paper (1) briefly reviews available deposition estimates for selected contaminants in areas of North America currently receiving acidic deposition, (2) provides a graphical description interrelating selected common organic contaminants according to basic physico-chemical properties that affect partitioning in aquatic systems (solubility, vapor pressure, and octanol-water partition coefficient), and (3) discusses the likely effects of surface water acidification on POC/DOC-contaminant-biota partitioning, based on this spectrum of properties. |