Contaminated sediments and bioassay responses of three macroinvertebrates, the midge larva Chironomus riparius, the water louse Asellus aquaticus and the mayfly nymph Ephoron virgo

Chemosphere

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1700-1709

  De Lange, H J ^a   De Haas, E M ^b   Maas, H ^c   Peeters, E T H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food; Growth; Sediment contamination; Survival; Whole sediment bioassay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FOOD QUANTITY; MICROINVERTIBRATES; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOASSAY; LARVA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHIRONOMIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH; LABORATORY; LARVA; LOUSE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL;

ARTHROPODA; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; EPHEMEROPTERA; EPHORON VIRGO; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 28444431582     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.03.083     Document Type: Article

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