Ecological Risk Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticides in Surface Waters of Lake Taihu, China

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 840-856

  Guo, Guanghui ^a,b,c   Wu, Fengchang ^c   He, Hongping ^a   Zhang, Ruiqing ^a,b,c   Li, Huixian ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; ecological risk assessment; Lake Taihu; organochlorine pesticides; surface water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877908377     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.691811     Document Type: Article

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