Integration of a relative risk multi-stressor risk assessment with the NCASI long-term receiving water studies to assess effluent effects at the watershed level, Leaf River, Mississippi

NCASI Technical Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 867, 2003, Pages

  Thomas, Jill ^a  

^a NCASI Northwest Aquatic Biology Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Leaf River; Long term receiving water study; Relative risk model

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; EROSION; LAND USE; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

WASTEWATER DISCHARGES;

WATERSHEDS;

EID: 0041363168     PISSN: 08860882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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