Assessing sediment quality in heterogeneous environments: A case study of a small urban harbor in Lake Champlain, Vermont, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2125-2135

  Watzin, Mary C ^a   Mcintosh, Alan W ^a   Brown, Erik A ^a   Lacey, Rebekah ^a   Lester, Deborah C ^a   Newbrough, Kathleen L ^a   Williams, Ann R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Lake Champlain; Multiple regression; Segment quality assessment; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FATHEAD MINNOW; HARBOUR; LAKE; MIDGE; SEDIMENT QUALITY; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

USA, VERMONT, LAKE CHAMPLAIN;

EID: 0030868537     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2125:ASQIHE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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