Comparisons between microscale and whole-sediment assays for freshwater sediment toxicity assessment

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-110

  Côté, Chantale ^a,c   Biaise, Christian ^b   Michaud, Jean René ^b   Ménard, Lucie ^a   Trottier, Sylvain ^a   Gagné, François ^a   Lifshitz, Ran ^a  

^a BEAK International Incorporated   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Environm Biodetection Products Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Extract; Microscale assay; Pore water; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FRESH WATER;

BIOASSAY; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CANADA; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ST LAWRENCE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; AZTECA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DIPTERA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031963505     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:1<93::AID-TOX8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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