Technical basis and proposal for deriving sediment quality criteria for metals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2056-2066

  Ankley, Gerald T ^a   Di Toro, Dominic M ^b,c   Hansen, David J ^a   Berry, Walter J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^c MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; Criteria; Interstitial water; Metal; Programmic input; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SULFIDE; VOLATILE AGENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 0029906991     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620151202     Document Type: Article

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