Assessing sediment contamination in estuaries

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-22

  Chapman, P M ^a   Wang, F ^a  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Estuaries; Salinity; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0035169434     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620200102     Document Type: Review

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