Evaluation of Sediment Toxicity in Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-314

  Chen, Chih Feng ^a   Dong, Cheng Di ^a   Chen, Chiu Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); sediment quality guidelines (SQGs); sediments

Indexed keywords

DREDGED SEDIMENTS; HARBOR SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; KAOHSIUNG HARBOR; ORGANICS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

DREDGING; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; NUTRIENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84873154576     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2013.726294     Document Type: Article

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