Interlaboratory comparison of a reduced volume marine sediment toxicity test method using the amphipod Ampelisca abdita

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 632-637

  Ferretti, James A ^a   Calesso, Diane F ^a   Lazorchak, James M ^a   Dolce, Thomas J ^b   Arnold, Jennifer ^c   Goodfellow, William L ^d   Smith, Mark E ^a   Serbst, Jonathan R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Aqua Survey Inc   (United States)

^c Cosper Environmental Services ^*  (United States)

^d Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampelisca abdita; Ring test; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LABORATORIES; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS;

CONTROL SURVIVAL; MARINE SEDIMENTS;

TOXICITY;

LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TESTING METHOD; TOXICITY;

ACCURACY; ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPELISCA ABDITA; AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMPHIPODA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; RHODE ISLAND; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AMPELISCA ABDITA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 31244432363     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-212     Document Type: Article

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