Developing a critical load approach for national risk assessments of atmospheric metal deposition

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 883-890

  Hall, Jane R ^a   Ashmore, Mike ^b   Fawehinmi, Joseph ^a   Jordan, Crawford ^c   Lofts, Stephen ^a   Shotbolt, Laura ^b   Spurgeon, David J ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^a   Tipping, Edward ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Critical limits; Critical loads; Free ion toxicity; Lead

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; LEAD; SOILS; TOXICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS; CRITICAL LIMITS; CRITICAL LOADS; FREE ION TOXICITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CADMIUM; LEAD; ORGANIC MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CADMIUM; CRITICAL LOAD; LEAD; TOXICITY; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EVALUATION; METAL BINDING; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATMOSPHERE; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; LEAD; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644645637     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-571R.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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