Assessment of sediment toxicity in San Vicente bay, central Chile, using the amphipod Ampelisca araucana

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-369

  Larrain, A ^a   Soto, E ^a   Bay Schmith, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PH; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHILE; FERTILITY; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPELISCA ARAUCANA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0031754398     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900771     Document Type: Article

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