Toxicity of hexachlorobenzene to Hyalella azteca and Chironomus tentans in spiked sediment bioassays

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1716-1720

  Barber, Timothy R ^a   Fuchsman, Phyllis C ^a   Chappie, Daniel J ^a   Sferra, James C ^a   Newton, F Charles ^b   Sheehan, Patrick J ^c  

^a ChemRisk A Div of McLaren/Hart   (United States)

^b MEC Analytical Systems Inc   (United States)

^c CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomus tentans; Hexachlorobenzene; Hyalella azteca; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROPHOBICITY; INVERTEBRATE; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMPHIPODA; AZTECA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030739115     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1716:TOHTHA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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