A probabilistic ecological risk assessment of tributyltin in surface waters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-179

  Hall Jr , Lenwood W ^a   Scott, Mark C ^a   Killen, William D ^a   Unger, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay watershed; Ecological risk assessment; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844453636     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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