Using a triad approach in the assessment of hazardous waste site leaching from a superfund site to an adjacent stream

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2106-2113

  Leppanen, Christy J ^a   Blanker, Pat M ^b   Allan, Roger S ^b   Benson, William H ^c   Maier, Kurt J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Metals; Organochlorine pesticides; Sediment toxicity; Triad approach

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031658965     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<2106:UATAIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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