Toxicity of sediment-associated PAHs to an estuarine copepod: Effects on survival, feeding, reproduction and behavior

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-166

  Lotufo, Guilherme R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; COPEPOD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; FEEDING; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

DIESEL; ESTUARINE ORGANISMS; FLUORANTHENE; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; SEDIMENTS; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

COPEPODA; SCHIZOPERA KNABENI;

EID: 0030619663     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(96)00108-0     Document Type: Article

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