Ecological risk assessment of copper and cadmium in surface waters of Chesapeake Bay watershed

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1172-1189

  Hall Jr , Lenwood W ^a   Scott, Mark C ^a   Killen, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Chesapeake Bay watershed; Copper; Ecological risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ECOLOGICAL RISK; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642617818     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1172:ERAOCA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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