Investigating the impact of contaminated sediments in an integrated approach

34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World, Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1834-1841

  Cofalla, C ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Contaminants; Ecotoxicology; Flood events; Hydrodynamics; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; FLOODS; HEAVY METALS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BOTTOM SHEAR STRESS; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FLOOD EVENT; RAINBOW TROUT;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84856402059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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