Toxicity assessment of sediments containing tributyltin around Hong Kong harbour

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 121-131

  Cheung, K C ^a   Wong, M H ^a   Yung, Y K ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Southorn Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Sediments; Toxicity; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

TRIBUTYLTIN; WATER;

ALGA; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; DREDGING; ECOTOXICITY; FILTRATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INVERTEBRATE; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; LETHAL DOSE 50; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

ALGAE; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELITA;

EID: 12244261600     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00386-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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