Transport, behavior, and fate of volatile organic compounds in streams
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
By: R. E. Rathbun
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Abstract
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are compounds with chemical and physical properties that allow the compounds to move freely between the water and air phases of the environment. VOCs are widespread in the environment because of this mobility. Many VOCs have properties that make them suspected or known hazards to the health of humans and aquatic organisms. Consequently, understanding the processes affecting the concentration and distribution of VOCs in the environment is necessary. The transport, behavior, and fate of VOCs in streams are determined by combinations of chemical, physical, and biological processes. These processes are volatilization, absorption, wet and dry deposition, microbial degradation, sorption, hydrolysis, aquatic photolysis, oxidation, chemical reaction, biocon-centration, advection, and dispersion. The relative importance of each of these processes depends on the characteristics of the VOC and the stream. The U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program selected 55 VOCs for study. This article reviews the characteristics of the various processes that could affect the transport, behavior, and fate of these VOCs in streams.
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Rathbun, R.E., 2000, Transport, behavior, and fate of volatile organic compounds in streams: Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, v. 30, no. 2, p. 129-295, https://doi.org/10.1080/10643380091184183.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Transport, behavior, and fate of volatile organic compounds in streams |
| Series title | Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology |
| DOI | 10.1080/10643380091184183 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Publisher location | Boca Raton, FL |
| Description | 167 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology |
| First page | 129 |
| Last page | 295 |