Sediment toxicity testing with the amphipod Ampelisca abdita in Calcasieu Estuary, Louisiana

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-61

  Redmond, M S ^a,f   Crocker, P A ^b   McKenna, K M ^b,g   Petrocelli, E A ^c,g   Scott, K J ^d   Demas, C R ^e  

^a Sci Applic Intl Corp (SAIC)   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c US EPA ^*  (United States)

^d SAIC   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f Northwest Aquatic Sciences   (United States)

^g Northwestern Aquatic Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPELISCA ABDITA; AMPHIPODA;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; CADMIUM; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEAVY METAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTADIENE; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY;

EID: 0029656083     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00211329     Document Type: Article

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