Statistical analysis of sediment toxicity by additive monotone regression splines

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 435-450

  De Boer, Waldo J ^a   Den Besten, Pieter J ^b   Ter Braak, Cajo F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Sediment contamination; Splines; Thresholds; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING; VARIANCE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DAPHNIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0036910514     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021057301583     Document Type: Article

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