Assessment of the comparative toxicity of sewage effluent from 10 sewage treatment plants in the area of Sydney, Australia using an amphipod and two sea urchin bioassays

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1-12, 1999, Pages 174-178

  Woodworth, J G ^a   King, C ^a   Miskiewicz, A G ^a   Laginestra, E ^b   Simon, J ^b  

^a Water Technology Australia   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COASTAL WATERS; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE OUTFALL; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUSTRALIA; BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA URCHIN; SEASHORE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

AUSTRALIA;

ALLORCHESTES COMPRESSA; HELIOCIDARIS TUBERCULATA;

EID: 0032841633     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00096-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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