Ecological benefit of the road salt code of practice

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-52

  Kilgour, Bruce W ^a   Gharabaghi, Bahram ^b   Perera, Nandana ^b,c  

^a Kilgour and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Computational Hydraulics Int ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorides; Ecological benefits; Maximum field distribution; Road salt; Species sensitivity distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894285788     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2013.129     Document Type: Article

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