Antibiotics in water and sediments from Liao River in Jilin Province, China: occurrence, distribution, and risk assessment

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 75; no. 16; pp. 1 - 1202
• Main Authors: Dong, Deming, Zhang, Liwen, Liu, Shuang, Guo, Zhiyong, Hua, Xiuyi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Aquatic organisms; autumn; Biogeosciences; China; cities; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Ecological effects; environmental impact; Environmental Science and Engineering; erythromycin; Geochemistry; Geology; humans; Hydrology/Water Resources; Liquid chromatography; Livestock; norfloxacin; ofloxacin; Original Article; oxytetracycline; Provinces; risk; Risk assessment; Rivers; seasonal variation; Seasonal variations; Sediments; sulfonamides; summer; Surface water; Terrestrial Pollution; Water resources management; China; Jilin China; Oxytetracycline; Antibiotic; Liao River; Ofloxacin; Seasonal and spatial distribution; Risk assessment

The seasonal and spatial variations of 12 selected antibiotics belonging to four groups, including sulfonamides, quinolones, tetracyclines, and macrolides, were investigated in three main tributaries of Liao River in Jilin Province, northeast China. The concentrations of the antibiotics in the surfa...