Evaluation of bioassays versus contaminant concentrations in explaining the macroinvertebrate community structure in the rhine-meuse delta, The Netherlands

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2883-2891

  Peeters, Edwin T H M ^a   Dewitte, Anouk ^a   Koelmans, Albert A ^a   van der Velden, Joan A ^b   Den Besten, Pieter J ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic; Community structure; Correspondence analysis; Pollution; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOASSAY; ECOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

TOXICITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; TRACE METAL;

BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NETHERLANDS;

CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0035185926     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620201231     Document Type: Article

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