Chronic toxicity of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene to a marine polychaete and an estuarine amphipod

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1783-1790

  Green, Andrew ^a   Moore, David ^a   Farrar, Daniel ^b  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b AScI Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic sublethal effects; Leptocheirus plumulosus; Neanthes arenaceodentata; Sediment; Tissue residues

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPOSURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032803288     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1783:CTOTTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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