Evidence from whole-sediment, porewater, and elutriate testing in toxicity assessment of contaminated sediments

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-147

  Liß, Waltraud ^a   Ahlf, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTAMINATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

BIOASSAY; BIOASSAYS; ELUTRIATE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT; WHOLE-SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030748664     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.1494     Document Type: Article

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