A tropical sediment toxicity test using the dipteran Chironomus crassiforceps to test metal bioavailability with sediment pH change in tropical acid-sulfate sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 720-728

  Peck, Mika R ^a   Klessa, David A ^b   Baird, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Office of the Supervising Scientist   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soil; Chironomid; Copper; Sediment toxicity testing; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; PH EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

ACIDIC PULSES;

TOXICITY;

ACID; COPPER; METAL; PROTON; SULFATE; WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COPPER; PH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; WETLAND;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; METAL RECOVERY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS CRASSIFORCEPS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0347926474     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<0720:ATSTTU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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