Uncertainties in assessments of complex sediment systems

Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 687-744

  Chapman, Peter M ^a   Birge, Wesley J ^a   Burgess, Robert M ^a   Clements, William H ^a   Douglas, W Scott ^a   Harrass, Michael C ^a   Hogstrand, Christer ^a   Reible, Danny D ^a   Ringwood, Amy H ^a  

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