Risk characterisation in direct toxicity assessment of the River Esk and the Tees Estuary

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-474

  Crane, Mark ^a   Grosso, Albania ^b   Whitehouse, Paul ^c   Forrow, David ^b  

^a 23 London St Faringdon O ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Medmenham Marlow B   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deterministic and probabilistic risk assessment; Lower Tees Estuary; River Esk; UK Direct Toxicity Assessment Demonstration Programme

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

EFFLUENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; EXPOSURE; INVERTEBRATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; FORECASTING; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SCOTLAND; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; ESK ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; REDCAR AND CLEVELAND; TEES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DAPHNIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242885519     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECTX.0000035296.35195.ff     Document Type: Article

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