A bacterial bioassay for the assessment of copper bioavailability in freshwaters

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-271

  Davies, C M ^a   Apte, S C ^a   Johnstone, A L ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EDETIC ACID; FRESH WATER; METAL COMPLEX; ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; COPPER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0031663901     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:3<263::AID-TOX8>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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