Probabilistic ecological risk assessment of cadmium in the Bohai Sea using native saltwater species

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 212-221

  Mu, Jingli ^a,b   Wang, Juying ^a,b   Wang, Ying ^a,b   Cong, Yi ^a,b   Zhang, Zhifeng ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Bohai Sea; cadmium; PNEC; probabilistic ecological risk assessment; SSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919883569     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: 18691099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13131-014-0575-6     Document Type: Article

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