Environmental risk assessment of a metal-contaminated area in the Tropics. Tier I: Screening phase

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1557-1571

  Niemeyer, Júlia C ^a,b   Moreira Santos, Matilde ^a   Nogueira, Marco Antonio ^d   Carvalho, Gabriel Machado ^c   Ribeiro, Rui ^a   Da Silva, Eduardo Mendes ^b   Sousa, José Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Integrated risk values; Lines of evidence; Soil habitat function; Soil retention function; Triad

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; ARTHROPOD; CONTAMINATED LAND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HETEROGENEITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANDY SOIL; SITE SELECTION; SMELTING; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

BAHIA; BRAZIL;

CANDIDA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; EISENIA ANDREI; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA;

EID: 78649501004     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0255-x     Document Type: Article

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