Review of the potential use of brown algal ecotoxicological assays in monitoring effluent discharge and pollution in southern Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 1-12, 2002, Pages 140-147

  Burridge, T R ^a   Bidwell, J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Fucales; Kelp; Laminariales; Pollution; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASSAYS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; EFFLUENTS; REEFS;

FOOD CHAIN;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; MARINE POLLUTION;

ALGA; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASHORE;

ALGAE, BROWN; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AUSTRALASIA;

ALGAE; FUCALES; LAMINARIALES;

EID: 0036708702     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00126-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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