Risk of ammonia toxicity during sediment bioassays with the estuarine amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1020-1027

  Moore, David W ^a   Bridges, Todd S ^a   Gray, Brian R ^b   Duke, B Maurice ^b  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b AScI Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; LC50; LOEC; NOEC; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ESTUARY; EXPOSURE; GROWTH; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SPECIES; SURVIVAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS;

EID: 0031005498     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620160523     Document Type: Article

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