Recent advances in the use of meiofaunal polychaetes for ecotoxicological assessments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 496, Issue , 2003, Pages 347-353

  Nipper, Marion ^a   Carr, R Scott ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinophilus gyrociliatus; Pore water; Sediment quality assessment; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ESTUARIES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ECOTOXICOLOGY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; MEIOFAUNA; POLYCHAETE; POREWATER; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGAE; ARBACIA; ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; COPEPODA; DINOPHILUS; DINOPHILUS GYROCILIATUS; ECHINOIDEA; LONGIPEDIA AMERICANA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0242404342     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026129806435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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