The use of emergence as an end-point for sediment toxicity tests using the Australian chironomid Chironomus maddeni

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-218

  Smith, B P C ^a,c   Kokkinn, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ChemComm Enterprises   (France)

Author keywords

Chironomus maddeni; Emergence; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS MADDENI;

EID: 10044264087     PISSN: 03721426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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