The importance of benthos in weight of evidence sediment assessments - A case study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 252-264

  McPherson, Cathy ^a   Chapman, Peter M ^a   deBruyn, Adrian M H ^a   Cooper, Leah ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b Lone Star Steel   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Chemical contamination; Sediment Quality Triad; Sediment toxicity; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BENTHOS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIAD; SEDIMENT TOXICITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; HABITAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; PESTICIDES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849135551     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.027     Document Type: Article

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