Ecological risk assessment for the recent case of DDT pollution in Lake Maggiore (Northern Italy)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 385-399

  Bettinetti, R ^a   Croce, V ^a   Galassi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chironomus riparius; Daphnia sp.; DDT contamination; Lake Maggiore; Podiceps cristatus; Target organisms; Tubifex tubifex

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

DDT POLLUTION; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; LAKE MAGGIORE; OLIGOCHAETES;

LAKES;

CHLORPHENOTANE;

DDT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LAKE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CHIRONOMIDAE; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; ITALY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SWITZERLAND; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MAGGIORE; WORLD;

AVES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DAPHNIA SP.; PODICEPS CRISTATUS; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 21344445478     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-7419-0     Document Type: Article

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