Probabilistic ecological risk assessment of DDTs in the Bohai Bay based on a food web bioaccumulation model

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 495-502

  Wang, Bin ^a,b   Yu, Gang ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Wang, Tai ^a   Hu, Hongying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bohai Bay; DDTs; Ecological risk assessment; Food web model; Fugacity

Indexed keywords

BOHAI BAY; DDTS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FOOD WEB MODEL; FUGACITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RATING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHLORPHENOTANE; OCTANOL; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DDD; DDE; DDT; FOOD WEB; FUGACITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAT CONTENT; FOOD WEB; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BOHAI BAY; CHINA;

EID: 78649856822     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.039     Document Type: Article

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