Assessment of heavy metal and PAH contamination of urban streambed sediments on macroinvertebrates

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 563-578

  Beasley, Gary ^a   Kneale, Pauline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse urban runoff; Macroinvertebrates; Metal contamination; PAHs; Stream bed sediments

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; INVERTEBRATE; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STREAM BED;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 4344569420     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000028378.66068.e8     Document Type: Article

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