Hyalella azteca 10-day sediment toxicity test: Comparison of growth measurement endpoints

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Steevens, Jeffery A ^a   Benson, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Hyalella azteca; Sediment toxicity test; Statistics

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031668567     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:3<243::AID-TOX6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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