Evaluating methods for assessing sediment quality in a Great Lakes embayment

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-349

  Crane, Judy L ^a   Richards, Carl ^b,c   Breneman, Dan ^b   Lozano, Stephen ^c,d   Schuldt, Jeffrey A ^b,e  

^a MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Chemistry; Discriminant function analysis; Lake Superior; Multimetric index; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 32244447684     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980500242852     Document Type: Article

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