Development of sediment quality guidelines for freshwater ecosystems

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 504-517

  de Deckere, Eric ^a   de Cooman, Ward ^b   Leloup, Vicky ^a   Meire, Patrick ^a   Schmitt, Claudia ^a   von der Ohe, Peter C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

EQS; Macrobenthos; Priority substances; SEC; Sediment quality guidelines; SQG; TRIAD

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MACROBENTHOS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POREWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 79953184959     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0328-x     Document Type: Article

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