An integrated case study for evaluating the impacts of an oil refinery effluent on aquatic biota in the Delaware River: Bivalve bioavailability studies

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 837-859

  Salazar, Michael H ^a   Salazar, Sandra M ^a   Burton, Dennis T ^b   Hall Jr , Lenwood W ^b  

^a Applied Biomonitoring   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Clams; Contaminants; Oil refinery; PAHs; Rangia cuneata

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; RANGIA; RANGIA CUNEATA;

EID: 24944475644     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030591009016     Document Type: Article

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