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| Title | Recommendations for Assessing Adverse Benthic Effects in Puget Sound | |
| Month-Year Published | May 1993 | |
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| Short Description |
Regulatory assessments of adverse environmental impacts are frequently based on the monitoring of benthic invertebrates. These sediment-dwelling organisms, being sedentary, respond to both short-term acute and long-term chronic anthropogenic stresses at a single geographic point and are useful indicators of environmental conditions. | |
| Publication Number | 93-09-001 | |
| Author(s) | PTI Environmental Services | |
| Contact | Peter Adolphson, (360) 407-7557 | |
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| Number of pages | 148 | |
| Keywords | benthic, Puget Sound, sediment | |
| Related Web Content | Additional Information | |
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