Bioassessment of wet-weather pollution impacts on fine sediments in urban waters by benthic indices and the sediment quality triad

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Lafont, M ^a   Grapentine, Lee ^b   Rochfort, Quintin ^b   Marsalek, Jiri ^b   Tixier, G ^c   Breil, P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Benthic toxicity assays; Impacts on receiving waters; Sediment chemistry; Urban wet weather flows

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BENTHIC TOXICITY ASSAY; BIOASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WET-WEATHER POLLUTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TOXICITY TEST; URBAN DRAINAGE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349125213     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.737     Document Type: Article

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