Historical assessment of the impacts of chemical contaminants in sediments on benthic invertebrates in the tidal Passaic River, New Jersey

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1155-1176

  Wallin, Jennifer M ^a   Hattersley, Mark D ^b   Ludwig, David F ^a   Iannuzzi, Timothy J ^a  

^a BBL Sciences   (United States)

^b Bouck and Lee Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Impact assessment; Passaic River; Sediment core samples; Sediment quality benchmarks

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EID: 11144232003     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1080-700291905864     Document Type: Review

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