Tolerance of five west coast marine toxicity test organisms to ammonia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-27

  Phillips, B M ^a   Nicely, P A ^b   Hunt, J W ^a   Anderson, B S ^a   Tjeerdema, R S ^a   Palmer, F H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c California State Water Resources Control Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GERMINATION; LC 50; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEA URCHIN; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INVERTEBRATES; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLLUSCA; OSMERIFORMES; PENAEIDAE; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 26844525817     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0713-0     Document Type: Article

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