Selenium sediment toxicity thresholds and derivation of water quality criteria for freshwater biota of western streams

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1260-1268

  Van Derveer, William D ^a   Canton, Steven P ^b  

^a Water Resources Department ^*  (United States)

^b Chadwick Ecological Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Sediment; Selenium; Toxicity thresholds; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SELENATE; SELENITE; SELENIUM; SURFACE WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WILDLIFE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0031009583     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1260:SSTTAD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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