Recommended uses of empirically derived, sediment quality guidelines for marine and estuarine ecosystems

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1019-1039

  Long, E R ^a   MacDonald, D D ^b,c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MacDonald Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

^c MacDonald Environ Sciences Ltd   (Canada)

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EID: 22444455779     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039891284956     Document Type: Review

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