Relationships among exceedences of sediment guidelines, the results of ambient sediment toxicity tests, and community metrics in estuarine systems

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-114

  Griffith, Michael B ^a   Kravitz, Michael ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient sediment toxicity tests; Community metrics; Community level effects; Estuarine systems; Organism level effects; Sediment guidelines

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY TEST;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AMPELISCA ABDITA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 46249096393     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9003-x     Document Type: Article

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