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A Survey Of Selected Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products In A Binational River And Their Effects On A Member Of Its Zooplankton Community, Plationus Patulus (Rotifera), Diana Angelica Martinez Gomez
A Survey Of Selected Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products In A Binational River And Their Effects On A Member Of Its Zooplankton Community, Plationus Patulus (Rotifera), Diana Angelica Martinez Gomez
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The presence of 9 selected PPCPs (acetaminophen, caffeine, cotinine, codeine, fluoxetine, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, sulfamethazine, and trimethoprim) was surveyed in water samples collected at four sites along the middle Rio Grande during two flow regimes (irrigation and non-irrigation). Water collection for PPCPs analyses were conducted from August 2010 through September 2011. Three of the sites were located upstream, in, and downstream of the El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juárez, MX metroplex. Site selection was based on their proximity to the metroplex and due to the fact that the Rio Grande in this region is an effluent receiver water system (IBWC, 2011). The fourth …