Impacts of stormwater discharges on the nearshore benthic environment of Santa Monica Bay

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 225-243

  Schiff, Kenneth ^a   Bay, Steven ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

Infauna; Santa Monica Bay; Sediment chemistry; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

STORMWATER DISCHARGES;

STORMS;

ALUMINUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; IRON; METAL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STORM WATER;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STORMWATER;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA MONICA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037410955     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00332-X     Document Type: Article

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