An analytic method for shipboard extraction of the odour compounds, 2-methylisoborneol and geosmin / Brian Brownlee [and five others].: En13-5/04-174E-PDF

"Extractions for the analysis of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (MIB) were carried out on board a research vessel by extracting water samples in the collection bottles with dichloromethane. The extracts are stable and can be stored for up to two months with no apparent loss of analytes. Workup and analysis could be done at the rate 15-20 samples per week. Approximately 150 samples from Lake Ontario were analyzed in 2000 and 120 samples in 2001. Concentrations as low as 1 ng/L could be detected, but reliable determination was only attained above 5 ng/L (> 30% qualifier ion match within 150%). Reproducibility between duplicates was generally better than 10%, and recovery of surrogate standards from reagent water averaged ca. 80% and from lake water ca. 60%. In early Septernber, 2000, geosmin concentrations in Lake Ontario ranged from 1-13 ng/L and MIB from 1-31 ng/L. In 2001, the ranges were 1-47 and 1-56 ng/L for geosmin and MIB, respectively. Lowest concentrations occurred in the western and central regions and highest concentrations in the eastern region and St. Lawrence River"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
National Water Research Institute (Canada)
Title An analytic method for shipboard extraction of the odour compounds, 2-methylisoborneol and geosmin / Brian Brownlee [and five others].
Series title NWRI contribution ; 04-174
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographic references.
Publishing information Burlington, Ontario : National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, [2004]
Author / Contributor Brownlee, B. G., author.
Description 1 online resource (16 pages)
Catalogue number
  • En13-5/04-174E-PDF
Subject terms Lakes
Water management
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