Ecotoxicological assessment for receiving waters with the premetamorphic tadpoles acute assay

Chemosphere

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 567-575

  Ferrari, L ^a,d   De La Torre, F R ^a,c   Demichelis, S O ^b   Garcia M E ^a   Salibian A ^a,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c Natl Sci and Tech Res Council ^*  (Argentina)

^d Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Bufo arenarum; Receiving waters; Reconquista River; Tadpole assay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANURAN SPECIES; BUFO ARENARUM; PHYSIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; URBAN WATERCOURSE;

ECOLOGY;

HEAVY METAL; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LC 50; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TADPOLE; TOAD; TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; RECONQUISTA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BUFO ARENARUM;

EID: 15244351801     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.01.045     Document Type: Article

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