Estimating the risks of multiple, covarying stressors in the National Lakes Assessment

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 204-216

  Van Sickle, John ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusted risk; Aquatic stressors; Attributable risk; Probability survey; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURBIDITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84884406762     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-050.1     Document Type: Article

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