Distributions of key exposure factors controlling the uptake of xenobiotic chemicals in an estuarine food web

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1979-1992

  Iannuzzi, Timothy J ^a   Harrington, Natalie W ^a   Shear, Nadine M ^a   Curry, Cynthia L ^a   Carlson Lynch, Heather ^a   Henning, Miranda H ^a   Su, Steave H ^b   Rabbe, David E ^c  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b Bailey Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Chemical Land Holdings Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Exposure factors; Food web model; Passaic River; Probabilistic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MORONE SAXATILIS; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0029852690     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<1979:DOKEFC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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