An automated overlying water-renewal system for sediment toxicity studies

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-175

  Rand, G M ^a   Wheat, J V ^b   Carriger, J F ^a   Lee, T A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Benthic invertebrates; Midge; Sediment toxicity; Test system

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

WATER REPLACEMENT;

TOXICITY;

FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TESTING METHOD; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; EXPOSURE; FLY; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; SAND; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLANKTON; TOXICITY TESTS;

AMPHIPODA; AZTECA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 12244309022     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00300-7     Document Type: Article

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