Effects of sediment geochemical properties on the toxicity of copper-spiked sediments to the marine amphipod Gammarus locusta

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Correia, A D ^a   Costa, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; Amphipod; Copper; Organic carbonr; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFIDE;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CARBON; COPPER; CRUSTACEA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS LOCUSTA; LOCUSTA;

EID: 0034689383     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00481-7     Document Type: Article

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