Characterizing the risks to aquatic ecosystems: A tentative approach in the context of freshwater dredged material disposal

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-343

  Babut, Marc P ^a   Delmas, Hélène ^a,b   Bray, Marc ^a   Durrieu, Claude ^b   Perrodin, Yves ^b   Garric, Jeanne ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Dredged materials; Ecological risk assessment; Risk characterization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 36148990502     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.5630020404     Document Type: Article

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