Trends in concentrations and effects of persistent toxic contaminants in the Great Lakes: Their significance for inferring cause-effect relationships and validating management actions

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-15

  Nisbet, Ian C T ^a  

^a ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERIES; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

LAKE POLLUTION;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

LAKE POLLUTION; PERSISTENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 0032190279     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006020221537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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