Integrating mesocosm experiments with field and laboratory studies to generate weight-of-evidence risk assessments for large rivers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4 II, 2000, Pages 1167-1173

  Culp, Joseph M ^a   Lowell, Richard B ^a   Cash, Kevin J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Prairie and N Wildl Res Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Ecological risk assessment; Evidence; Mesocosm; River

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LABORATORY METHOD; MESOCOSM; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGY; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

EID: 0034104941     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190450     Document Type: Article

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