Measurement and distribution of interstitial and overlying water ammonia and hydrogen sulfide in sediment toxicity tests

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-126

  Phillips, B M ^a   Anderson, B S ^a   Hunt, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PH; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER SAMPLING;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULPHIDE; INTERSTITIAL WATER; MARINE SEDIMENT; POREWATER; SEAWATER; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0030618175     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(96)00087-6     Document Type: Article

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