Relationships between toxicity and concentrations of chemical contaminants in sediments from Sydney Harbour, Australia, and vicinity

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 187-220

  McCready, S ^a   Birch, G F ^a   Long, E R ^b   Spyrakis, G ^a   Greely, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ERL Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Correlation; Sediment; Sydney Harbour; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; MICROBIAL BIOLUMINESCENCE; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MARINE TOXIN; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; SILVER; SULFUR; ZINC;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COROPHIUM COLO; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZATION; HELIOCIDARIS TUBERCULATA; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEA URCHIN; SEDIMENT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; SEA URCHINS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

CITRUS MACROPHYLLA; COROPHIUM; ECHINOIDEA; HELIOCIDARIS TUBERCULATA;

EID: 33747476080     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9057-9     Document Type: Article

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