Ammonia tolerance of the bivalve Mulinia lateralis sublethal sediment toxicity test

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 292-297

  Huber, M ^a   Pelletier, M C ^b   Charles, J B ^c   Burgess, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; LC 50; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MULINIA LATERALIS;

EID: 0030843152     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900478     Document Type: Article

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