Toxicity of copper-spiked sediments to Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae): Comparison of the 28-day reproductive bioassay with an early- life-stage bioassay

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1173-1179

  Vecchi, Martina ^a   Reynoldson, Trefor B ^b   Pasteris, Andrea ^a   Bonomi, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper; Sediment; Spiking; Toxicity tests; Tubifex tubifex

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0032933817     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1173:TOCSST>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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