A cautionary note on the use of species presence and absence data in deriving sediment criteria

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 466-472

  Von Stackelberg, Katherine ^a   Menzie, Charles A ^a  

^a Menzie Cura and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Monte Carlo; Probabilistic; Screening level concentration method; Sediment quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SAMPLING;

SEDIMENT QUALITY;

SEDIMENTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036141460     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210233     Document Type: Article

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