Acute and sublethal toxicity tests to monitor the impact of leachate on an aquatic environment

Environment International

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-273

  Bloor, M C ^a   Banks, C J ^a   Krivtsov, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. aquaticus; Acute toxicity; G. pulex; Landfill leachate; Sublethal toxicity; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT;

GAMMARUS PULEX; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MACRO-INVERTEBRATES; TOXICITY TESTS;

TOXICITY;

OXYGEN; WATER;

TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOASSAY; BIRTH; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOW RATE; GAMMARUS; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LEACHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STARVATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ASELLUS; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; INVERTEBRATA; PULEX;

EID: 12344316799     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2004.10.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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