This book is written as a reference on organic substances in natural waters and as a supplementary text for graduate students in water chemistry. The chapters address five topics: amount, origin, nature, geochemistry, and characterization of organic carbon. Of these topics, the main themes are the amount and nature of dissolved organic carbon in natural waters (mainly fresh water, although seawater is briefly discussed). It is hoped that the reader is familiar with organic chemistry, but it is not necessary. The first part of the book is a general overview of the amount and general nature of dissolved organic carbon. Over the past 10 years there has been an exponential increase in knowledge on organic substances in water, which is the result of money directed toward the research of organic compounds, of new methods of analysis (such as gas chromatography and mass spectrometry), and most importantly, the result of more people working in this field. Because of this exponential increase in knowledge, there is a need to pull together and summarize the data that has accumulated from many disciplines over the last decade.

Organic geochemistry of natural waters

The environmental fate of phthalate esters: A literature review

Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality

1 Chemical Composition of Wood and Pulps: Basic Constituents and Their Distribution.- 2 Separation and Analysis of Wood Constituents with Respect to Their Morphological Location.- 3 Carbohydrates.- 4 Lignin.- 5 Extractives.- 6 Direct Characterization of Chemical Properties of Fibers.- 7 Characterization of Pulping Liquors.- 8 Analysis of Bleach Liquors.- 9 Analysis of Papermaking Process Waters and Effluents.- 10 Analysis of Inorganic Constituents.

Analytical Methods in Wood Chemistry, Pulping and Papermaking

European Union Risk Assessment Report

Methods for Determination of Sum Parameters and Characterization of Organochlorine Compounds in Spent Bleach Liquors from Pulp Mills and Water, Sediment and Biological Samples from Receiving Waters

Measurement of mobility of organic compounds in soils

Chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in fish from an area polluted by industrial effluents.

Adsorption/complexation of organic micropollutants to aquatic humus influence of aquatic humus with time on organic pollutants and comparison of two analytical methods for analysing organic pollutants in humus water

Chlorinated fatty acids in membrane lipids of fish

Kari Martinsen

Papers

Methods for Determination of Sum Parameters and Characterization of Organochlorine Compounds in Spent Bleach Liquors from Pulp Mills and Water, Sediment and Biological Samples from Receiving Waters

Measurement of mobility of organic compounds in soils

Chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in fish from an area polluted by industrial effluents.

Adsorption/complexation of organic micropollutants to aquatic humus influence of aquatic humus with time on organic pollutants and comparison of two analytical methods for analysing organic pollutants in humus water

Chlorinated fatty acids in membrane lipids of fish