A field validation of two sediment-amphipod toxicity tests

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1423-1437

  Ferraro, Steven P ^a   Cole, Faith A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field validation; Macrofauna; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTS;

FIELD VALIDATION;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFIDE; ZINC;

FIELD METHOD; PAH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN; INVERTEBRATE; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER POLLUTION; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ELLIOTT BAY; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOCHEIRUS; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; RHEPOXINIUS ABRONIUS; RHEPOXYNIUS; RHEPOXYNIUS ABRONIUS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TOXICITY TESTS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035985124     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<1423:afvots>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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