A review of concurrent ambient water column and sediment toxicity testing in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: 1990-1994

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1606-1617

  Hall Jr , Lenwood W ^a   Alden III, Raymond W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient sediment; Ambient water columns; Contaminants; Toxicity; Watershed

Indexed keywords

PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0342894670     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1606:AROCAW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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