Comparison of the phytotoxkit microbiotest and chemical variables for toxicity evaluation of sediments

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-372

  Czerniawska Kusza, Izabela ^a   Ciesielczuk, Tomasz ^a   Kusza, Grzegorz ^a   Cichoń, Aleksandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Higher plants; Microbiotest; Phytotoxicity; Sediments; Toxkits; Urban canal

Indexed keywords

HIGHER PLANTS; MICROBIOTEST; PHYTOTOXICITY; TOXKITS; URBAN CANAL;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMPURITIES; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

GERMINATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; INDEX METHOD; INHIBITION; PAH; PHYTOTOXICITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEED;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GERMINATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MICROBIOTEST; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT ROOT; POLAND; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SINAPIS; SORGHUM; TOXICITY TESTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMINATION; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAND; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEEDS; SINAPIS; SORGHUM; TOXICITY TESTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; OPOLE [POLAND]; POLAND;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; SINAPIS ALBA; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 33746680452     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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