Assessment of water quality in estuarine and coastal waters of England and Wales using a contaminant concentration technique

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 631-642

  Kirby, M F ^a   Blackburn, M A ^b   Thain, J E ^a   Waldock, M J ^a  

^a Ctr Environ Fish Aquacult Sci   (United Kingdom)

^b Sanofi Synthelabo Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Estuary; PAH; Pollution monitoring; Tisbe battagliai; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPEPOD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; TISBE BATTAGLIAI;

EID: 0032143591     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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