Amphipod and sea urchin tests to assess the toxicity of Mediterranean sediments: The case of Portmán Bay;Ensayos con anfídos y erizos de mar para evaluar la toxicidad de sedimentos mediterráneos: El caso de la bahía de portmán

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL 1, 2004, Pages 205-213

  Cesar, A ^a,b   Marin A ^a   Marin Guirao L ^a   Vita, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA CECÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Pollution; Sea urchins; Sediment water interface; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; POREWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TOXICITY TEST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MURCIA [SPAIN]; PORTMAN BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIPODA; ARBACIA; ARBACIA LIXULA; ECHINOIDEA; GAMMARUS; GRYLLOTALPA; MICRODEUTOPUS; MICRODEUTOPUS GRYLLOTALPA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; SPHAERECHINUS GRANULARIS;

EID: 3242697645     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1205     Document Type: Article

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