Freshwater to saltwater toxicity extrapolation using species sensitivity distributions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2459-2467

  Wheeler, James R ^a   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^b   Morritt, David ^a   Sorokin, Neal ^a   Rogers, Howard ^a   Toy, Robin ^a   Holt, Martin ^a   Whitehouse, Paul ^a   Crane, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Saltwater data; Species sensitivity distributions

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

FRESHWATER ORGANISMS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BENTHIOCARB; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CHLORDANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; COPPER; DICHLOROANILINE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; LEAD; LINDANE; MALATHION; MERCURY; NICKEL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECOTOXICITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT LAKE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036838094     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620211127     Document Type: Article

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