Ecological risk assessment of zinc from stormwater runoff to an aquatic ecosystem

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1824-1832

  Brix, Kevin V ^a,b   Keithly, James ^c   Santore, Robert C ^d   DeForest, David K ^c   Tobiason, Scott ^e  

^a EcoTox   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Parametrix Inc   (United States)

^d HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^e BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic ligand model; Risk assessment; Stormwater; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; FIRST-ORDER STREAMS; FORESTED WETLANDS; METAL TOXICITY; PORE WATERS; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; PULSE EXPOSURE; RETENTION POND; SAMPLING LOCATION; SCREENING LEVEL; SEM; SIMULTANEOUSLY EXTRACTED METALS; STORM EVENTS; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORMWATER; STORMWATERS; TIME VARYING; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; EXTRACTION; HYDRAULICS; LIGANDS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SMELTING; STORM SEWERS; TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER; WETLANDS; ZINC;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

STORM WATER; ZINC;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZINC;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STREAM (RIVER); WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFIDES; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77349118933     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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