Sediment quality assessment in the gulf of gdańsk (baltic sea) using complementary lines of evidence

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1313-1320

  Bettinetti, Roberta ^a   Galassi, Silvana ^b   Falandysz, Jerzy ^c   Camusso, Marina ^d   Vignati, Davide A L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^d WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e Institut F A Forel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benthic organisms; Bioaccumulation; Marine coastal environments; Probable effect level quotient; Probable effects level; Risk assessment; Sediment Quality Guidelines

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ORGANISMS; MARINE COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; PROBABLE EFFECT LEVEL QUOTIENT; PROBABLE EFFECTS LEVEL; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; FIRE HAZARDS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION DETECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRAIN SIZE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIODIVERSITY; CRANGONIDAE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUNDER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MYTILUS; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; POLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK;

EID: 67349170472     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9267-3     Document Type: Article

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