Spatial extent of degraded sediment quality in puget sound (Washington State, U.S.A.) based upon measures of the sediment quality triad

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 173-222

  Long, Edward R ^a   Dutch, Margaret ^a   Aasen, Sandra ^a   Welch, Kathy ^a   Hameedi, M Jawed ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Puget Sound; Sediment quality triad; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; SOIL TESTING; TOXICITY;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIAD; TOXICITY TEST;

SEDIMENTS;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 29444439311     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2005.07.004     Document Type: Review

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