Quantifying reduction in ecological risk in Penrhyn Estuary, Sydney, Australia, following groundwater remediation

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-106

  Hunt, James ^a   Birch, Gavin ^a   Warne, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Resource Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contaminated groundwater; Ecological risk assessment; Remediation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROUND WATER; SEA WATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CITY; DIATOM; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CITIES; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INVERTEBRATES; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84859732424     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.220     Document Type: Article

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