Toxicity of sediments contaminated with fractions of creosote

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 294-300

  Sved, Daniel W ^a,b   Roberts, Morris H ^a   Van Veld, Peter A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Creosote; EROD activity; Fish; Leiostomus xanthurus; PAH; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY;

CREOSOTE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN ORTHODEETHYLASE (EROD) ACTIVITY; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT FRACTION CREOSOTE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT FRACTION CREOSOTE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH);

WATER POLLUTION;

CREOSOTE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FISH; LIVER LEVEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INJURY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031081122     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00253-9     Document Type: Article

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