Potential toxicity of resuspended particulate matter and sediments: Environmental samples from the Bay of Banyuls-sur-Mer and Thermaikos Gulf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 19-20, 2005, Pages 2521-2532

  Cotou, E ^a   Gremare, A ^b   Charles, F ^b   Hatzianestis, I ^a   Sklivagou, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Banyuls sur Mer; Bioassay; Mediterranean; Microtox ; Resuspension; Sediment; Thermaikos Gulf; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE MATTER; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOXICITY;

AEGEAN SEA; BANYULS SUR MER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PYRENEES-ORIENTALES; THERMAIKOS GULF; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28444468180     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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