Modeling the chemical and toxic water status of the Scheldt basin (Belgium), using aquatic invertebrate assemblages and an advanced modeling method

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3209-3218

  Gevrey, Muriel ^a   Comte, Lise ^b   De Zwart, Dick ^c   De Deckere, Eric ^d   Lek, Sovan ^b  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

multi substance Potentially Affected Fraction of species; Physico chemical and toxic water status; Self Organizing Maps

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MODELING; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BELGIUM; CLEAN ENVIRONMENT; DATA SETS; DECISION MAKERS; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS; MONITORING SITES; MULTI-SUBSTANCE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED FRACTION OF SPECIES; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; SCHELDT; SUBBASINS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER STATUS;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; QUALITY CONTROL; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER QUALITY;

ANNELID WORM; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SCHELDT BASIN;

INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 77958182983     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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