Chemical and ecotoxicological characterization of Columbia River sediments below the Hanford site (USA)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-28

  Delistraty, Damon ^a   Yokel, Jerry ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Columbia River; Dam; Ecological risk assessment; Ecotoxicity; Hanford site; Metals; Porewater; Radionuclides; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFANILAMIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; METAL; PESTICIDE; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TOXICITY TESTS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COLUMBIA RIVER; HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; PRIEST RAPIDS DAM; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

DAPHNIA;

EID: 33845975297     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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