Comparison of different biological methods for the assessment of ecotoxicological risks

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-284

  Fenske, Christiane ^a   Daeschlein, Georg ^a   Günther, Burkhart ^a   Knauer, Angelika ^a   Rudolph, Peter ^a   Schwahn, Christian ^a   Adrian, Vera ^b   von Woedtke, Thomas ^c   Rossberg, Harald ^d   Jülich, Wolf Dieter ^a   Kramer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Riemser Arzneimittel AG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Low Temperature Plasma Physics (INP)   (Germany)

^d Industrie und Umweltlaboratorium Vorpommern GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heavy metal pollution; Odra estuary; Reversible damage; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HUMAN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PROTOZOON; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

LEMNA MINOR; LEUCISCUS IDUS; NEMATODA; PARAMECIUM; PISCES; PROTOZOA; RHABDITIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33646038231     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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