Evaluating bioavailability of pyrethroids in aquatic systems
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2. The dissolved-phase fraction (fdissolved) is a function of the characteristics and level of suspended solids and dissolved organic matter, which may be estimated from the following relationship, where [SS] is suspended solid content, [DOC] is DOC concentration, kd is partition coefficient between the dissolved phase and the suspended solids, and kDOC is the partition coefficient between the dissolved phase and DOC:
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