Lethal and sublethal toxicity of sediment-associated fluoranthene to benthic copepods: Application of the critical-body-residue approach

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 17-30

  Lotufo, Guilherme R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copepod; Critical body residue; PAH; Sediment; Sublethal; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

COPEPODA; COULLANA; INVERTEBRATA; SCHIZOPERA KNABENI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031763313     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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