Use of sediment risk and ecological/conservation value for strategic management of estuarine environments: Sydney Estuary, Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 836-850

  Birch, Gavin F ^a   Hutson, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Estuary; Management; Sediment quality guidelines; Sediments; Sydney

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CHEMICAL MIXTURES; COMPUTER PACKAGES; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ESTUARINE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PRIORITIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; SYDNEY; TWO PARAMETER; VALUE ASSESSMENT; WATERWAY USE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING;

METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

DEGRADATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GUIDELINE; HARBOR; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REAL TIME; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; MANAGEMENT; MARINE SPECIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349780386     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9362-0     Document Type: Article

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