Analysis of monitoring programmes and their suitability for ecotoxicological risk assessment in four Spanish basins

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 440, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-203

  López Doval, Julio C ^a   De Castro Català, Núria ^a   Andrés Doménech, Ignacio ^b   Blasco, Julian ^c   Ginebreda, Antoni ^d   Muñoz, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean rivers; Metals; Pesticides; Risk assessment; Toxic units

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL DATA; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL RISKS; COMMUNITY OR; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; HIGH POTENTIAL; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; METAL TOXICITY; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; POTENTIAL RISKS; SAMPLING POINTS; TOXIC UNIT;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METALS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ARSENIC; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIMPYLATE; DIURON; ENDOSULFAN; IRON; LEAD; ZINC;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METAL; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEASONS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84868672711     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.035     Document Type: Article

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