Factors influencing the design of bioaccumulation factor and biota-sediment accumulation factor field studies

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-360

  Burkhard, Lawrence P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation factors; Biota sediment accumulation factors; Sampling design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; POTASSIUM; SAMPLING;

BIOACCUMULATION FACTORS;

TOXICITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0037303404     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0351:FITDOB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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