A tiered ecological risk assessment of three chlorophenols in Chinese surface waters

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1544-1554

  Jin, Xiaowei ^a   Gao, Jijun ^a,b   Zha, Jinmiao ^a   Xu, Yiping ^a   Wang, Zijian ^a   Giesy, John P ^c,d,e,f   Richardson, Kristine L ^g  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Hazard quotient; Probabilistic ecological risk assessment; Statistics; Surface water; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHENOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HUAI RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 84863208138     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0660-8     Document Type: Article

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