A decision making framework for sediment assessment developed for the Great Lakes

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1641-1655

  Grapentine, Lee ^a   Anderson, Janette ^a   Boyd, Duncan ^b   Burton, G Allen ^c   DeBarros, Conrad ^b   Johnson, Gary ^b   Marvin, Chris ^a   Milani, Danielle ^a   Painter, Scott ^a   Pascoe, Tim ^a   Reynoldson, Trefor ^a   Richman, Lisa ^b   Solomon, Keith ^d   Chapman, Peter M ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Great Lakes; Multiple lines of evidence; Sediment assessment; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

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EID: 9144256301     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20028091057538     Document Type: Article

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