Interlaboratory variability of amphipod sediment toxicity tests in a cooperative regional monitoring program

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 257-268

  Bay, Steven M ^a   Jirik, Andrew ^b   Asato, Stanford ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b Port of Los Angeles   (United States)

^c City of Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Regional monitoring; Sediment toxicity; Southern California; Variability

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

MARINE SEDIMENT TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOMONITORING; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CRUSTACEA; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; EOHAUSTORIUS; EOHAUSTORIUS ESTUARIUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0037272493     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021341411294     Document Type: Article

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