A Rapid, Sensitive, Seedling-Based Bioassay for the Determination of Toxicity of Solid and Liquid Substrates and Plant Tolerance

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-63

  Archambault, D J ^a   Slaski, J J ^a   Li, X ^a   Winterhalder, K ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne pollutants; Germination; Hydrocarbons; Leachates; Metals; Root and shoot growth

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HYDROCARBONS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SEED; TOXICITY;

GERMINATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0842328818     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588330490269822     Document Type: Article

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