Sediment organic matter content as a confounding factor in toxicity tests with Chironomus tentans

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-236

  Lacey, Rebekah ^a   Watzin, Mary C ^a   Mcintosh, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomus tentans; Sediment Organic matter Confounding factors Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BAT; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER QUALITY;

ACER; BRYOPHYTA; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 0032934707     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0231:SOMCAA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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