Light as a confounding factor for toxicity assessment of complex contaminated sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3143-3152

  Grote, Matthias ^a   Brack, Werner ^a   Walter, Helge A ^a   Altenburger, Rolf ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confirmation; Effect directed analysis; Mixture toxicity; Phototoxicity

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

EFFECT-DIRECTED ANALYSIS; MIXTURE TOXICITY; PHOTOTOXICITY;

TOXICITY;

2 PHENYLNAPHTHALENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; FLUORANTHENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; N PHENYL 2 NAPHTHYLAMINE; PARATHION METHYL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROMETRYN; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

LIGHT; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; LIGHT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TOXICITY TESTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ALGAE;

EID: 26444604744     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-550R.1     Document Type: Article

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