An assessment of the application factor used to derive the saltwater acute ambient water quality copper criterion

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-254

  Arnold, W Ray ^a   Cotsifas, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a Pipe and Fittings   (United States)

^b Pacific EcoRisk   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute saltwater criterion; Application factor; Copper; Mytilus

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; MYTILUS; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; COPPER; MYTILUS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 49049086801     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2007-053.1     Document Type: Article

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