Hydrocarbons and Halogenated Hydrocarbons in the Aquatic Environment

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Keynote Address....Pages 1-8
Hydrocarbons and Halogenated Hydrocarbons in the Aquatic Environment: Some Thoughts on the Philosophy and Practice of Environmental Analytical Chemistry....Pages 9-28
The Sampling and Measurement of Hydrocarbons in Natural Waters....Pages 29-68
Fast Quantitative Analysis of a Wide Variety of Halogenated Compounds in Surface-, Drinking-, and Ground-Water....Pages 69-80
Adsorption of Insecticide Residues — Importance in Environmental Sampling and Analysis....Pages 81-90
Methodology for the Isolation of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Qualitative, Quantitative, and Bioassay Studies....Pages 91-108
Benzo(a)pyrene in the Marine Environment: Analytical Techniques and Results....Pages 109-119
Chromatographic and Spectral Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Air and Water Environments....Pages 121-129
Presence and Potential Significance of o - o ’-Unsubstituted PCB Isomers and Trace Aroclor® 1248 and 1254 Impurities....Pages 131-139
Analysis of Mirex in Lake Sediments: Problems and Solutions....Pages 141-144
Chloro-Organic Compounds in the Lower Fox River, Wisconsin....Pages 145-160
The Determination and Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Source and Treated Waters....Pages 161-172
Multicomponent Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Analysis of Inland Water and Sediment....Pages 173-183
An Evaluation of Purging Methods for Organics in Water....Pages 185-200
Determination of Purgeable Organics in Sediment....Pages 201-206
Analysis of Headspace Gases for Parts Per Billion Concentrations of Volatile Organic Contaminants in Water Samples by Gas Chromatography....Pages 207-216
Evaluation of Analytical Techniques for Assessment of Treatment Processes for Trace Halogenated Hydrocarbons....Pages 217-230
The Examination and Estimation of the Performance Characteristics of a Standard Method for Organo-Chlorine Insecticides and PCB....Pages 231-253
A System for the Preparation of Organohalogen Reference Materials with Marine Lipid Matrices....Pages 255-263
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Hydrocarbons and Halohydrocarbons....Pages 265-283
Identification and Quantitative Analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on WCOT Glass Capillary Columns....Pages 285-302
Automatic Analysis of Organic Pollutants in Water Via GC/MS....Pages 303-314
Quantification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Environmental Samples....Pages 315-336
Reproductive Success of Herring Gulls as an Indicator of Great Lakes Water Quality....Pages 337-344
Pesticide Monitoring in the Prairies of Western Canada....Pages 345-372
Importance of Particulate Matter on the Load of Hydrocarbons of Motorway Runoff and Secondary Effluents....Pages 373-385
Organochlorines in Precipitation in the Great Lakes Region....Pages 387-396
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment: Gulf of Maine Sediments and Nova Scotia Soils....Pages 397-403
Halogenated Hydrocarbons in Dutch Water Samples Over the Years 1969 – 1977....Pages 405-415
A Model System for the Investigation of Methods of Herbicide Speciation....Pages 417-434
Anthropogenic C 1 and C 2 Halocarbons: Potential Application as Coastal Water-Mass Tracers....Pages 435-444
Prediction of Volatilization Rates of Chemicals in Water....Pages 445-451
Chlorinated Phenolic Compounds: Formation, Detection, and Toxicity in Drinking Water....Pages 453-460
Screening South African Drinking-Waters for Organic Substances Hazardous to Health....Pages 461-472
Trihalomethane Levels at Selected Water Utilities in Kentucky, U.S.A.....Pages 473-490
Formation of Trihalomethanes During Chlorination and Determination of Halogenated Hydrocarbons in Drinking Water....Pages 491-501
Trihalomethane Levels in Canadian Drinking Water....Pages 503-512
Aquatic Organism Pathobiology as a Sentinel System to Monitor Environmental Carcinogens....Pages 513-520
Bacterial Degradation of Crude Oil and Oil Components in Pure and Mixed Culture Systems....Pages 521-530
Induction of Mixed Function Oxidase Enzymes in Fish by Halogenated and Aromatic Hydrocarbons....Pages 531-536
Halogenated Biphenyl Metabolism....Pages 537-544
Toxicity of Hydrocarbons and Their Halogenated Derivatives in an Aqueous Environment....Pages 545-557
Fish Tumor Pathology and Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollution in a Great Lakes Estuary....Pages 559-565
Bioaccumulation of Arene and Organochlorine Pollutants by Cipangopaludina Chinensis (Gray, 1834) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Ponds in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario....Pages 567-576
The Correlation of the Toxicity to Algae of Hydrocarbons and Halogenated Hydrocarbons with their Physical-Chemical Properties....Pages 577-586
Erratum to: Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Hydrocarbons and Halohydrocarbons....Pages 589-589
Back Matter....Pages 587-589