Sediment toxicity tests using the burrowing amphipod Tiburonella viscana (Amphipoda: Platyischnopidae)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 412-420

  Melo, S L R ^a   Nipper, M ^b  

^a Hospital Universitário   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Brazil; Oil terminal; S o Sebasti o Channel; Sediment contamination; Tiburonella viscana; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; BIOINDICATOR; BURROWING ORGANISM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; CLAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRUSTACEA; GRAIN; LABORATORY; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SALINITY; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO SEBASTIAO CHANNEL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; PLATYISCHNOPIDAE;

EID: 33846846549     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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