Efficiency of sediment quality guidelines for predicting toxicity: the case of the St. Lawrence River

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Desrosiers, Ḿlanie ^a,b   Babut, Marc P ^a   Pelletier, Magella ^c   B́langer, Caroll ^c   Thibodeau, Suzie ^c   Martelz, Louis ^b  

^a UR MALY   (France)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Sediment quality guidelines; Toxicity prediction Confounding factors

Indexed keywords

METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; METALS; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TOXICITY TESTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 77954669994     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM-2009-026.1     Document Type: Article

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