Toxicity of copper-spiked sediments to Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae): A comparison of the 28-day reproductive bioassay with a 6-month cohort experiment

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-265

  Pasteris, Andrea ^a   Vecchi, Martina ^a   Reynoldson, Trefor B ^b   Bonomi, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Copper; Life tables; Sediment; Toxicity testing; Tubifex tubifex

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

BIOASSAY; COPPER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BREEDING; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; IC 50; LIFE TABLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

OLIGOCHAETA; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0042334533     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(03)00136-X     Document Type: Article

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