Quantitative Ecological Risk Assessment of the Magela Creek Floodplain in Kakadu National Park, Australia: Comparing Point Source Risks from the Ranger Uranium Mine to Diffuse Landscape-Scale Risks

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-151

  Bayliss, P ^a   van Dam, R A ^a   Bartolo, R E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecological risk assessment; landscape scale risks; Ranger uranium mine

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; UROCHLOA MUTICA;

EID: 84856097525     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.632290     Document Type: Article

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