A marine bioassay test set to assess marine water and sediment quality - Its need, the approach and first results

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 379-383

  Peters, C ^a   Becker, S ^b   Noack, U ^b   Pfitzner, S ^c   Bulow W ^d   Barz, K ^b   Ahlf, W ^b   Berghahn, R ^c  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Dr U Noack Lab fur Angew Biol   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^d Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Ökologie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Corophium volutator; Marine; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Sediment; Toxicity; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BIOASSAY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0036809247     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020565507532     Document Type: Article

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