Enhancing the ecological significance of sediment contamination guidelines through integration with community analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2118-2123

  Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^b   Hickey, Chris W ^a   Kelly, Shane ^c   Thrush, Simon F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITIONS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; FIELD STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; LARGE SIZES; META-COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MULTI-VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; NUTRIENT EXCHANGES; POTENTIAL CHANGES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES; SEA FLOORS; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATIONS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; WATER COLUMNS;

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; LEAD; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; ZINC;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON; COPPER; LEAD; OXYGEN; ZINC;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; METALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 64549143299     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802175k     Document Type: Article

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