Analysis, Removal, Effects and Risk of Pharmaceuticals in the Water Cycle: Occurrence and Transformation in the Environment

Content: 
Series Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors to Volume 62
Pages xv-xviii

Series Editor\'s Preface
Pages xix-xx
Damia Barcelo

Preface
Pages xxi-xxiii
Mira Petrovic, Damia Barcelo, Sandra Pérez

Chapter 1 - General Introduction on Pharmaceuticals
Pages 1-36
Peter Eichhorn

Chapter 2 - Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources and Their Management
Pages 37-69
Christian G. Daughton

Chapter 3 - Prioritization: Selection of Environmentally Occurring Pharmaceuticals to Be Monitored
Pages 71-90
Maja Kuzmanovic, Zoran Banjac, Antoni Ginebreda, Mira Petrovic, Damia Barcelo

Chapter 4 - Analysis of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water, Groundwater, Surface Water, and Wastewater
Pages 91-128
Imma Ferrer, E. Michael Thurman

Chapter 5 - Analysis of PhACs in Solid Environmental Samples (Soil, Sediment, and Sludge)
Pages 129-167
Sandra Babić, Dragana Mutavdžić Pavlović

Chapter 6 - Analysis of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Biota
Pages 169-193
Belinda Huerta, Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Damia Barcelo

Chapter 7 - Application of Bioassays/Biosensors for the Analysis of Pharmaceuticals in Environmental Samples
Pages 195-229
Enrique Valera, Ruth Babington, Marta Broto, Salvador Petanas, Roger Galve, Maria-Pilar Marco

Chapter 8 - Removal of Pharmaceuticals by Conventional Wastewater Treatment Plants
Pages 231-286
Paola Verlicchi, Elena Zambello, Mustafa Al Aukidy

Chapter 9 - Removal of Pharmaceuticals by Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Technology
Pages 287-317
Ruben Reif, Francisco Omil, Juan M. Lema

Chapter 10 - Removal of Pharmaceuticals by Ultrafiltration (UF), Nanofiltration (NF), and Reverse Osmosis (RO)
Pages 319-344
Davor Dolar, Krešimir Košutić

Chapter 11 - Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Environmentally Relevant Matrices by Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs)
Pages 345-407
Irene Michael, Zacharias Frontistis, Despo Fatta-Kassinos

Chapter 12 - Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds from Wastewater and Surface Water by Natural Treatments
Pages 409-433
Víctor Matamoros, Josep M. Bayona

Chapter 13 - Removal of Pharmaceuticals by Bank Filtration and Artificial Recharge and Recovery
Pages 435-451
Sung Kyu Maeng, Carlos N.A. Salinas Rodriguez, Saroj K. Sharma

Chapter 14 - Fate and Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment (Surface Water and Sediment)
Pages 453-557
Guang-Guo Ying, Jian-Liang Zhao, Li-Jun Zhou, Shan Liu

Chapter 15 - Fate and Occurrence of PhACs in the Terrestrial Environment
Pages 559-592
María Jesús García-Galán, Silvia Díaz-Cruz, Damia Barcelo

Chapter 16 - Methods for Elucidation of Transformation Pathways: Identification of Intermediate Products, Chiral, and Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry Analysis
Pages 593-610
Bozo Zonja, Jaume Aceña, Sandra Pérez, Dami`Barceló

Chapter 17 - Deciphering Emerging Toxicological Effects of Pharmaceuticals on Aquatic Organisms by Using Daphnia magna and Danio rerio as Model Organisms
Pages 611-647
Demetrio Raldua, Bruno Campos, Carlos Barata, Benjamin Piña, Nat`lia García-Reyero, Patrick J. Babin

Chapter 18 - The Effect of PhACs on Biological Communities in Rivers: Field Studies
Pages 649-670
Lorenzo Proia, Victoria Osorio

Chapter 19 - Antibiotic Resistance in the Aquatic Environment
Pages 671-684
Elisabet Marti, Jose Luis Balcázar

Chapter 20 - Reporting and Evaluating Ecotoxicity Data for Environmental Risk Assessment: How Can Current Practices Be Improved?
Pages 685-704
Marlene Ågerstrand, Magnus Breitholtz, Christina Rudén

Chapter 21 - Conclusions and Future Research Needs
Pages 705-718
Mira Petrovic, Sandra Pérez, Damia Barcelo

Index
Pages 719-734