Preface ........................................................ ix
Editors ........................................................ xi
Contributors ................................................. xiii
Section I Sampling and Data Treatment Methods
1 Sampling Methods in Surface Waters ........................... 3
Munro Mortimer, Jochen F. Müller, and Matthias Liess
2 Methods of Treatment of Data ................................ 47
Riccardo Leardi
Section II Radioanalytical Analysis
3 Radioanalytical Methodology for Water Analysis .............. 79
Jorge S. Alvarado
Section III Organoleptical Analysis
4 Organoleptical Methodology ................................. 101
Abdul Moheman, Md. Musawwer Khan, and K.S. Siddiqi
Section IV Analysis of Biological Parameters
5 Bacteriological Analysis of Water .......................... 115
Paulinas Chigbu and Salina Parveen
6 Marine Toxins Analysis ..................................... 153
Luis M. Botana, A. Alfonso, M.R. Vieytes, N. Vilariño,
A.M. Botana, C. Louzao, and C. Vale
7 Algal Analysis ............................................. 163
Leonardo Rubi Rörig
Section V Halogens, N-Compounds, and Phosphates
8 Halogens ................................................... 189
Géza Nagy and Livia Nagy
9 Analysis of Sulfur Compounds in Water ...................... 233
Leo M.L. Nollet
10 Determination of Ammonia in Water Samples .................. 249
Juliana Antunes Galvão, Alexandre Matthiensen, Marília
Oetterer, Y. Moliner-Martínez, R.A. Gonzalez-Fuenzalida,
M. Muñoz-Ortuño, R. Herráez-Hernández, J. Verdú-Andrés,
C. Molins-Legua, and P. Campíns Falcó
11 Nitrites and Nitrates ...................................... 283
Adnan Aydin
12 Phosphates in Aquatic Systems .............................. 327
Alexandre Matthiensen, Juliana Antunes Galvão, and
Marília Oetterer
Section VI Cyanides, Asbestos, Metals, and Si-Compounds
13 Cyanides ................................................... 365
Leo M. L. Nollet
14 Asbestos in Water .......................................... 379
James S. Webber
15 Heavy Metals, Major Metals, Trace Elements ................. 385
Jorge E. Marcovecchio, Sandra E. Botté, Claudia E.
Domini, and Rubén H. Freije
16 Determination of Silicon and Silicates ..................... 435
Salah M. Sultan
Section VII Organic Parameters
17 Main Parameters and Assays Involved with the Organic
Pollution of Water ......................................... 459
Lorena Vidal, Claudia E. Domini, and Antonio Canals
18 Determination of Organic Nitrogen in the Aquatic
Environment ................................................ 493
Juliana Antunes Galvão, Alexandre Matthiensen, and
Marília Oetterer
19 Determination of Urea in Aquatic Samples ................... 511
Juliana Antunes Galvao, Alexandre Matthiensen, and
Marilia Oetterer
20 Organic Acids .............................................. 521
Mercedes Gallego Fernández, Evaristo Ballesteros Tribaldo,
and Beatriz Jurado Sánchez
21 Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Water ....... 549
Iván P. Román Falcó and Marta Nogueroles Moya
Section VIII Phenolic and Humic Compounds
22 Determination of Phenolic Compounds in Water ............... 613
Leo M.L. Nollet
23 Characterization of Humic Matter ........................... 647
Leo M.L. Nollet
Section IX Residues of Pesticides
24 Determination of Pesticides in Water ....................... 665
Evaristo Ballesteros Tribaldo
25 Analysis of Herbicide and Fungicide Residues in Waters ..... 697
N. Sridhara Chary, Maria Jose Gómez Ramos, and Amadeo
R. Fernández-Alba
Section X Residues of PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFS, and PAHs
26 Analysis of PCBs in Waters ................................. 765
L. Bartolomé, О. Zuloaga, and N. Etxebarria
27 PCDDs and PCDFs ............................................ 789
Luigi Turrio-Baldassarri, Paola Pettine, and Laura Achene
28 Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons .......................... 807
Chimezie Anyakora
Section XI Surfactants and Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analysis
29 Surfactants ................................................ 825
Eva Pocurull and Rosa Maria Marcé
30 Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analysis ............................. 845
Iván P. Román Falcó
Section XII EDCs and Residues of Plastics
31 Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and
Personal Care Products ..................................... 871
Dimitra A. Lambropoulou and Eleni Evgenidou
32 Residues of Plastics ....................................... 917
Dimitra A. Lambropoulou and Eleni Evgenidou
Index ......................................................... 943
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