Assessment of sediment contamination, acute toxicity, and population viability of the estuarine amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus in Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2151-2160

  McGee, Beth L ^a   Fisher, Daniel J ^b   Yonkos, Lance T ^b   Ziegler, Gregory P ^b   Turley, Steve ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Amphipod; Baltimore Harbor; Leptocheirus plumulosus; Sediment

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS;

EID: 0032848025     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<2151:AOSCAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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