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Design and interpretation of toxic chemical distribution and stress : Detroit River case study. G.D. Haffner, Sara Wood and Alice Grgicak-Manion Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Universitry of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. curriculum in natural environmental science, 2005.
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Design and interpretation of toxic chemical distribution and stress : Detroit River case study G.D. Haffner, Sara Wood and Alice Grgicak-Manion Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Universitry of Windsor, Ontario, Canada curriculumin natural environmental science, 2005
Stratified/random sampling design for the Detroit River. This design reflects the overall health of the river system and provides the basis for powerful statistical analysis curriculumin natural environmental science, 2005
A cluster diagram illustrating the three primary benthic communities curriculumin natural environmental science, 2005
The relative composition of the two depositional and one high energy benthic community curriculumin natural environmental science, 2005
The spatial distribution of the three benthic communities within the Detroit River. Note that although Community 2 tends to aggregate along the lower, western reach of the river, there is no overall pattern of distribution curriculumin natural environmental science, 2005
Spatial distribution of sites exceeding either LEL or SEL guidelines. Most sampled sites exceeded the guidelines for at least one metal. curriculumin natural environmental science, 2005
GIS representation of the spatial distributions of Pb and Cd in the Detroit River indicating that different processes were regulating the fate of these metals curriculumin natural environmental science, 2005
GIS representation of the spatial distributions of Zn and Hg in the Detroit River indicating that different processes were regulating the fate of these metals curriculumin natural environmental science, 2005