Empirical assessment of an ambient toxicity risk ranking model's ability to differentiate clean and contaminated sites

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1298-1303

  Hartwell, S Ian ^a  

^a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient toxicity; Model sensitivity; Risk assessment; Sampling design

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032925654     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1298:EAOAAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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