Approaches for derivation of environmental quality criteria for substances applied in risk assessment of discharges from offshore drilling operations

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-214

  Altin, Dag ^a   Frost, Tone Karin ^b   Nilssen, Ingunn ^b  

^a BioTrix   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drilling discharges; Environment impact; Environmentally safe concentrations; ERMS

Indexed keywords

METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENT; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 49049086161     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2007-045.1     Document Type: Article

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