Development of a Marine Sediment Pollution Index

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-291

  Shin, P K S ^a   Lam, W K C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Marine sediment; Principal component analysis; Species diversity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SEA WATER; ZINC;

INDEX METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SPACE; SPECIES; TIME; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; OXYGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0035029177     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(00)00192-5     Document Type: Article

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