Ecotoxicological assessment of aquatic sediments with Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda) - A method for testing liquid medium and whole-sediment samples

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-250

  Traunspurger, Walter ^a   Haitzer, Markus ^a   Höss, Sebastian ^a   Beier, Stefanie ^a   Ahlf, Wolfgang ^b   Steinberg, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Inst F Gewasserokologie B   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Caenorhabditis elegans; Ecotoxicology; Nematoda; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031051827     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0245:EAOASW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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