Spatial and temporal patterns in toxicity around a municipal-industrial wastewater discharge in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas

Marine Pollution: New Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 291-316

  Carr, R Scott ^a   Krause, Paul ^b   Montagna, Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b PMCM Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Effluent plume; Pore water; Sea urchin; Surface water toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889774810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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