In situ bioassay chamber for assessment of sediment toxicity and bioaccumulation using benthic invertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2325-2336

  Sibley, Paul K ^a   Benoit, Duane A ^b   Balcer, Mary D ^c   Phipps, Gary L ^b   West, Corlis W ^b   Hoke, Robert A ^d   Ankley, Gerald T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Chironomus tentans; In situ sediment toxicity; Lumbriculus variegatus

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYCARBONATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0032825316     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<2325:ISBCFA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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