Abstract
Fate and transport of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) are strongly influenced by their interactions with environmental matrices. These interactions can be grouped into those of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL), i.e., spreading of oil on solid surfaces and its movement in porous media and those of predominantly water-dissolved molecules which may sorb onto solids or partition into organic matter or NAPL phases. All these types of sequestration phenomena lead to reduced contact of water-borne organisms with the HOC. In contrast, sorption to mobile matrices may mobilize HOC and thus increase bioavailability and toxicological risk.
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Harms, H., Wick, L. Y., & Smith, K. E. C. (2010). Matrix-Hydrophobic Compound Interactions. In Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology (pp. 1467–1478). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_100
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