Using a battery of bioassays, benthic phytoplankton and the AUSRIVAS method to monitor long-term coal tar contaminated sediment in the Cache la Poudre River, Colorado

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4913-4924

  Oberholster, P J ^a   Botha, A M ^a,b   Cloete, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotest battery; Coal tar; River bioassessment; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COAL TAR; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BIOTEST BATTERY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER BIOASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TOXICITY;

RIVERS;

COAL TAR;

BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; COAL TAR; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOASSAY; BIOSPHERE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; LIQUID; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 28944451936     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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