Comparison of toxicity detected by five bioassays during bioremediation of diesel fuel-spiked soils

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-126

  Marwood, Theresa M ^a   Knoke, Kyle ^a   Yau, Kerrm ^a   Lee, Hung ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a   Suchorski Tremblay, Anna ^b   Flemming, Cecily A ^c   Hodge, Valerie ^d   Liu, Dickson L ^e   Seech, Alan G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Alfred Coll Agric Food Technol   (Canada)

^c Nalco Canada Inc   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f Grace Bioremediation Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Cell hemolysis; Contaminants; Diesel oil; Microtox; Seed germination; Soil; SOS chromotest; Target compound; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031980611     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:2<117::AID-TOX2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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