Assessing contamination in Great Lakes sediments using benthic invertebrate communities and the sediment quality triad approach

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 565-583

  Canfield, Timothy J ^a   Dwyer, F James ^a   Fairchild, James F ^a   Haverland, Pamela S ^a   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^a   Kemble, Nile E ^a   Mount, David R ^b   La Point, Thomas W ^c   Burton, G Allen ^d   Swift, M C ^e  

^a National Biological Service   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Great Lakes; Oligochaeta; sediment contaminants; sediment quality triad

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; BUBALUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; INVERTEBRATA;

BENTHIC FAUNA; CONTAMINATION; LAKE SEDIMENT; RIVER SEDIMENT;

USA, INDIANA, INDIANA HARBOUR; USA, MICHIGAN, SAGINAW RIVER; USA, NEW YORK, BUFFALO RIVER;

EID: 0029659953     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(96)70981-4     Document Type: Article

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