Using Field-Based Species Sensitivity Distributions to Infer Multiple Causes

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 402-432

  Coffey, D Brooke ^a   Cormier, Susan ^b   Harwood, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic macroinvertebrates; ions; nutrients; sediment; stressor identification; water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889067838     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2013.767071     Document Type: Article

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