Sediment toxicity testing: A bioassay approach using the amphipod Corophium volutator and the polychaete Arenicola marina

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-239

  Bat, Levent ^a   Raffaelli, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic; Ecotoxicology; Metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT; TEST ORGANISMS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WORM;

AMPHIPODA; ARENICOLA MARINA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032585036     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00249-9     Document Type: Article

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