Use of Ulva lactuca to identify ammonia toxicity in marine and estuarine sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2852-2859

  Pelletier, M C ^a   Ho, K T ^a   Cantwell, M ^a   Kuhn Hines, A ^a   Jayaraman, S ^a   Burgess, R M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sediments; Toxicity identification evaluation; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

TOXICITY;

AMMONIA; COPPER; FLUORANTHENE; METAL; NICKEL; WATER; ZINC;

AMMONIA; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; ULVA LACTUCA; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; LACTUCA; MYSIDAE; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 0035180567     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620201227     Document Type: Article

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