Sediment contaminants and microtox toxicity tested in a direct contact exposure test

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 293-300

  Svenson, Anders ^a   Edsholt, Eric ^a   Ricking, Mathias ^b   Remberger, Mikael ^b  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; COPPER; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LEAD; METAL; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SULFUR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029973971     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1996)11:4<293::AID-TOX2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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