Using a spiked sediment bioassay to establish a no-effect concentration for dioxin exposure to the amphipod Ampelisca abdita

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 420-424

  Barber, Timothy R ^a   Chappie, Daniel J ^a   Duda, Deborah J ^a   Fuchsman, Phyllis C ^a   Finley, Brent L ^a  

^a McLaren/Hart ChemRisk   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Ampelisca abdita; Sediment toxicity; Spiked sediment bioassay

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN;

DIOXIN; NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATION; SPIKED SEDIMENT BIOASSAY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031884515     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0420:UASSBT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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