A field assessment of long-term laboratory sediment toxicity tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2853-2870

  Ingersoll, Christopher G ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Hayward, Jeannie M R ^c   Jones, John R ^c   Jones, Susan B ^a   Ireland, D Scott ^d  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b AScI Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane; Hyalella azteca; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment toxicology

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HYALEMMA AZTECA; SEDIMENT TOXICOLOGY;

TOXICITY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; ARSENIC; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; LEAD; METAL; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EXPOSURE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIANA; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; AZTECA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICULUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 27144515558     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-393R.1     Document Type: Article

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