Comparison of marine sediment toxicity test protocols for the amphipod Rhepoxynius abronius and the polychaete worm Nereis (Neanthes) arenaceodentata

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 859-866

  Anderson, Brian S ^a   Hunt, John W ^a   Phillips, Bryn M ^a   Tudor, Shirley ^a   Fairey, Russell ^b   Newman, John ^a   Puckett, H Max ^c   Stephenson, Mark ^c   Long, Edward R ^d   Tjeerdema, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d ORCA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum significant difference; Nereis (Neanthes) arenaceodentata; Rhepoxynius abronius; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT TOXICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WORM;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

AMPHIPODA; NEANTHES ARENACEODENTATA; NEREIS; POLYCHAETA; RHEPOXINIUS; RHEPOXINIUS ABRONIUS; RHEPOXYNIUS ABRONIUS;

EID: 0031900345     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0859:COMSTT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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