Chemical contamination of aquatic organisms from an urbanized river in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 389-413

  Iannuzzi, Timothy J ^a   Armstrong, Tina N ^a   Thelen, John B ^a   Ludwig, David F ^a   Firstenberg, Clifford E ^b  

^a BBL Sciences   (United States)

^b Firstenberg Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Ecological risk assessment; Passaic River

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 4544386517     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030490438445     Document Type: Article

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