Using a classical weight-of-evidence approach for 4-years' monitoring of the impact of an accidental oil spill on sediment quality

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 514-523

  Morales Caselles, Carmen ^a,c   Riba, Inmaculada ^a,c   Sarasquete, Carmen ^a,c   Angel DelValls T ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c Unidad Asociada de Calidad Ambiental Y Patología CSIC and UCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination; PAHs; Sediment Quality Triad; Toxicity; WOE

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICS; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIAD;

OIL SPILLS;

BENTHOS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; OIL SPILL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 43549089481     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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