Variation in the sensitivity of aquatic species in relation to the classification of environmental pollutants

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1311-1327

  Vaal, Manon ^a   Van Der Wal, Jan Tjalling ^a   Hoekstra, Janneke ^a   Hermens, Joop ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE;

CONTAMINANT SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DAPHNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030882735     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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