Deriving ecological risk-based soil quality values in the Basque Country

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 279-284

  Urzelai, Arantzazu ^a   Vega, Milagros ^b   Angulo, Eduardo ^b  

^a IHOBE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Quality standards; Soil pollution; Toxicity database

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CYANIDE; HEAVY METAL; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MINERAL OIL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

CONTAMINATED LAND; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SOIL QUALITY; TOXICITY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034689374     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00497-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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