A modeling strategy for planning the virtual elimination of persistent toxic chemicals from the Great Lakes: An illustration of four contaminants in Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 814-827

  Thompson, Shirley ^a   Mackay, Donald ^b   MacLeod, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Ontario; Loading reductions; Model; Toxicants

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAKE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

GREAT LAKES(LAKE ONTARIO); NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033497250     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70779-3     Document Type: Article

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