Comparison of sediment toxicity with predictions based on chemicals guidelines

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 468-471

  O'Connor, Thomas P ^a   Daskalakis, Kostas D ^a   Hyland, Jeffrey L ^b   Paul, John F ^c   Summers, J Kevin ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; Cooccurrence; Equilibrium partitioning; Measured toxicity; Sediment

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE;

GUIDELINES; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031910888     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0468:COSTWP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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