Patterns and trends in sediment toxicity in the San Francisco Estuary

Environmental Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-155

  Anderson, Brian ^a   Hunt, John ^a   Phillips, Bryn ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^b   Lowe, Sarah ^b   Taberski, Karen ^c   Scott Carr, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Sediment; TIEs; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIVALVE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORMWATER;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 34547938293     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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