Browsing by Subject "PAH"
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(2020-04-22)Sargassum fluitans is a seaweed that has existed in the North Atlantic for thousands of years. The Sargasso Sea which gets its name from sargassum was observed by Portuguese seafarers in the 15th century (Rythner, 1956). ...
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A common phenolic metabolite of pyrene, 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP), is often used as a biomarker to assess polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure. The developed high-performance liquid chromatography with mass ...
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(2015-08-10)The Lower Fox River is a thirty-nine mile section which supports approximately 270,000 rural inhabitants across eighteen counties, 303,000 metropolitan residents in Green Bay and Appleton, Wisconsin, and several large ...
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(2010-01-14)Soot and other products of incomplete combustion play an important role in the chemistry of the atmosphere. As particles are exposed to trace gases, such as ozone, their chemistry and physical properties can be altered ...
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The inundation associated with flooding events often transfers otherwise abnormal levels of contaminants into the ecosystem. The Houston/Galveston region poses a unique threat due to the high concentration of petrochemical ...
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(2019-05-03)In this study, we assessed the bioaccumulation of oil-derived and man-made pollutants in deep-sea epibenthic megafauna from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (or PAHs) were measured as representatives ...
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(2010-01-16)Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely distributed in the environment and are generated by many sources. Though the potential of PAH-rich mixtures to cause health effects has been known for almost a century, ...