Prediction of bioaccumulation potential of some aromatic hydrocarbons in indicator species of ecotoxicity

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 422-429

  Mancha, R ^a   Diaz G ^a   Arese, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BROMOBENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; IODOBENZENE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DAPHNIA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOXICITY;

EID: 0030609458     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900495     Document Type: Article

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