Sediment toxicity tests using two species of marine amphipods: Gammarus aequicauda and Corophium insidiosum

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-636

  Prato, E ^a   Di Leo, A ^a   Biandolino, F ^a   Cardellicchio, N ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COROPHIUM INSIDIOSUM; EUROPE; GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LD 50; SEA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM INSIDIOSUM; GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA;

HEAVY METAL;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33745268857     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-0966-2     Document Type: Article

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