Comparative in situ and laboratory sediment bioassays with juvenile Mercenaria mercenaria

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1651-1657

  Ringwood, Amy H ^a   Keppler, Charles J ^a  

^a MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clams; Field study; Growth; Laboratory study; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENT TOXICITIES;

SEDIMENTS;

GROWTH RATE; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHARLESTON HARBOR; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MOLLUSCA;

OXYGEN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIVALVIA; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; MORTALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035992433     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210816     Document Type: Article

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