Sediment quality thresholds: Estimates from hockey stick regression of liver lesion prevalence in English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 872-882

  Horness, Beth H ^a   Lomax, Daniel P ^a   Johnson, Lyndal L ^a   Myers, Mark S ^a   Pierce, Susan M ^a   Collier, Tracy K ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Fish; Hockey stick regression; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Threshold

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; LESION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

USA;

ANIMALIA; PAROPHRYS VETULA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES VETULUS;

EID: 0031949282     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0872:SQTEFH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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