Empirical assessment of incorporating sediment quality triad data into a single index to distinguish dominant stressors between sites

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 605-623

  Hartwell, S Ian ^a   Hameedi, M J ^a   Pait, A S ^a  

^a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis methods; Chesapeake Bay; Sediment contamination; Sediment quality triad

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BISCAYNE BAY; CHESAPEAKE BAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DELAWARES; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; RELATIVE IMPACT; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIAD; SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIADS; SEDIMENT TOXICITY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; OXYGEN; QUALITY CONTROL;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; TRACE METAL;

BENTHOS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; SEA URCHIN; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BISCAYNE BAY; CHESAPEAKE BAY; DELAWARE BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GALVESTON BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952452225     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1482-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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