Use of sublethal endpoints in sediment toxicity tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1508-1523

  Ingersoll, Christopher G ^a   Brunson, Eric L ^a   Dwyer, F James ^a   Hardesty, Doug K ^a   Kemble, Nile E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Hyalella azteca; Reproduction; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HELMINTH; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031825781     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1508:UOSEIS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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