Ecological risk assessment example: Waterfowl and shorebirds feeding in ephemeral pools at Kesterson Reservoir, California

Handbook of Ecotoxicology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 985-1014

  Byron, Earl R ^a   Ohlendorf, Harry M ^a   Santolo, Gary M ^a   Benson, Sally M ^b   Zawislanski, Peter T ^b   Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^b   Delamore, Michael ^c  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

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