Publication Summary

Title

Summary of Criteria and Guidelines for Contaminated Freshwater Sediments

Month-Year PublishedSeptember 1991
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Short Description

The Washington State Department of Ecology has been developing criteria for contaminated freshwater sediments. As part of that effort, Ecology has compiled sediment guidelines and criteria from various North American sources and has summarized them in this report. This summary gives an overview of the current status of freshwater sediment criteria, and provides information on the purpose and status of the individual sets of criteria.

Publication Number91-e03
Author(s)Bennett, J. and J. Cubbage
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Number of pages 9 pp.
Keywords contaminant, contaminated, freshwater sediment, guidance, guidelines, methods, sediment

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