Contaminant dispersal on the Palos Verdes continental margin II. Estimates of the biodiffusion coefficient, D(B), from composition of the benthic infaunal community

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 179, Issue , 1996, Pages 91-107

  Swift, D J P ^a   Stull, J K ^a   Nidoroda, A W ^a   Reed, C W ^a   Wong, G T F ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrate species; Biodiffusion coefficient; Bioturbation; Contaminant dispersion; Palos Verdes continental margin; Sea bed mixing

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

BENTHOS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029677054     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04874-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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