Evaluation of interstitial water as a route of exposure for ammonia in sediment tests with benthic macroinvertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 794-801

  Whiteman, Frank W ^a,b   Ankley, Gerald T ^b   Kahl, Michael D ^a   Rau, Daniel M ^a   Balcer, Mary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Interstitial water; Macroinvertebrates; Sediments; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LC 50; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; AZTECA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; HYALELLA AZTECA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0029872680     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0794:EOIWAA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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