Refractory Organic Substances in the Environment

Preface. List of Authors. List of Abbreviations. Setting the Scene. The Relevance of Reference Materials Isolation and General Characterization. Element Determination and its Quality Control in Fractions of Refractory Organic Substances and the Corresponding Original Water Samples. Structural Investigations. Heavy Metal and Halogen Interactions with Fractions of Refractory Organic Substances Separated by Size exclusion Chromatography. Characterization of Refractory Organic Substances and Their Metal Species by Combined Analytical Procedures. Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Structural Investigations of Refractory Organic Substances Principles and Definitions. Structural Characterization of Refractory Organic Substances by Solid state High resolution 13C and 15N Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Quantification of Substructures of Refractory Organic Substances by Means of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Investigations of Silylated Refractory Organic Substances. Isotopic Evidence for the Origin and Formation of Refractory Organic Substances. Analytical Pyrolysis of Humic Substances and Dissolved Organic Matter in Water. Charaacterization of Refractory Organic Substances by HPLC/MS. UV Visible Spectroscopy and the Potential of Fluroscent Probes. Stationary and Time resolved Fluorescence for Refractory Organic Substances Characterization. Structural Characterization of Refractory Organic Substances by Pyrolysis GC/FTIR. X ray Microscopy Studies of Refractory Organic Substances. Fractionation of Refractory Organic Substances by Electrophoresis. Occurence of Amino Acids, Carbohydrates, and Low molecular weight Organic Acids in Refractory Organic Substances. Serological Characteization of Refractory Organic Substances. Biochemical and Biological Characterization. Formation, Utilization and Transformation of Some Refractory Organic Substances by Aquatic Microorganisms. Effect of Microorganisms on the Formation and Transformation of Iodine Species of Refractory Organic Substances. The Influence of Refractory Organic Substances on Bacterial Colonization and Diversity Patterns. Influence of Refractory Organic Substances on Enzyme Activity in vivo and DNA Damage of Aquatic Microorganisms. Effects of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Bioconcentration of Organic Contaminants and on Reproduction in Aquatic Invertebrates. Molecular Interactions. Sorption of Dissolved Organic Matter on Soil Particles and its Dependence on their Surface charge Properties. Dissolved Organic Carbon in Seepage Water Production and Transformation During Soil Passage. Refractory Organic Substances in Aggregated Forest Soils Retention versus Translocation. Refractory Organic Substances Derived from Organic Amendments in Soil Formation, Translocation, and Interaction with Xenobiotics. Analysis of the Binding Amitrole and Anilazine to Aquatic and Terrestrial Refractory Organic Substances. Sorption and Chemical Reactions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Dissolved Refractory Organic Substances and Related Model Polymers. Investigation of the Interactions between Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds and Refractory Organic Substances with Stationary and Time resolved Fluorescence and Absorption Spectroscopy. Index. Author Index.