Amphipod acute and chronic sediment toxicity assessment in estuarine environmental monitoring: An example from Ria de Aveiro, NW Portugal

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-99

  Castro, H ^a   Ramalheira, F ^a   Quintino, V ^a   Rodrigues, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute tests; Corophium multisetosum; Full life cycle tests; Portugal; Sediment bioassays

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; LIFE CYCLE; SEDIMENTS;

ACUTE TESTS; COROPHIUM MULTISETOSUM; FULL LIFE-CYCLE TESTS; PORTUGAL; SEDIMENT BIOASSAYS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARY; SEDIMENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FERTILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERTILITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PORTUGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

COROPHIUM MULTISETOSUM;

EID: 33645985143     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.029     Document Type: Article

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