Photoactivation and toxicity of mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds in marine sediment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2151-2157

  Swartz, Richard C ^a,c   Ferraro, Steven P ^a   Lamberson, Janet O ^a   Cole, Faith A ^a   Ozretich, Robert J ^a   Boese, Bruce L ^a   Schults, Donald W ^a   Behrenfeld, Michael ^b   Ankley, Gerald T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Photoactivation; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

CONTAMINATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; PHOTOACTIVATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; INVERTEBRATE; LC 50; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030848697     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2151:PATOMO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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