Sediment toxicity in Central and South Florida ecosystems

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 494-501

  Rand, G M ^a   Carriger, J F ^a   Lee, T A ^a   Pfeuffer, R J ^b   Fink, L E ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AMETRYN; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BROMACIL; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LC 50; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLORIDA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO;

PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0037350096     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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