Ecological risk assessment of sediment management areas: Application to Sado Estuary, Portugal

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1165-1175

  Caeiro, Sandra ^a,b   Costa, Maria Helena ^b   Delvalls, Angel ^c   Repolho, Tiago ^d   Gonçalves, Margarida ^e   Mosca, Alice ^f   Coimbra, Ana Paula ^g   Ramos, Tomás B ^e   Painho, Marco ^h  

^a Portuguese Distance Learning University   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f Edificio Arcadas de S Miguel Encosta ^*  (Portugal)

^g Physical and Biological Analysis   (Portugal)

^h NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Ecosystems disturbance; Pollution effects; Sado estuary; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349604792     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0372-8     Document Type: Article

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