Causal assessment of biological impairment in the Little Floyd River, Iowa, USA

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-148

  Haake, Danelle M ^a   Wilton, Tom ^b   Krier, Ken ^b   Stewart, Arthur J ^c   Cormier, Susan M ^d  

^a Litzsinger Road Ecology Center ^*  (United States)

^b Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biological impairment; Causal characteristics; Causation; Stressor identification; Types of evidence

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 77950963865     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030903459544     Document Type: Article

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