Establishing cause-effect relationships in hydrocarbon-contaminated sediments using a sublethal response of the benthic marine alga, Entomoneis cf punctulata

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-170

  Simpson, Stuart L ^a   Micevska, Tina ^a,b   Adams, Merrin S ^a   Stone, Alexandria ^c   Maher, William A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c Patterson Britton and Partners Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediments; Toxicity; Toxicity identification evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; CONTAMINATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY;

BENTHIC MARINE ALGAE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MARINE MICROALGA ENTOMONEIS; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION;

SEDIMENTS;

HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; CHARCOAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROCARBON; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INHIBITION; MICROALGA; PAH; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMONEIS PUNCTULATA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; ENTOMONEIS;

EID: 33846583697     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-011R.1     Document Type: Article

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