Method for assessing the chronic toxicity of marine and estuarine sediment-associated contaminants using the amphipod Corophium volutator

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-470

  Scarlett, A ^a   Rowland, S J ^a   Canty, M ^a   Smith, E L ^a   Galloway, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity; Corophium volutator; Oil; Sediment toxicity tests; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; ESTUARIES; FLUORESCENCE; IMPURITIES; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS;

CHRONIC TOXICITY; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTS; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS;

TOXICITY;

PETROLEUM;

AMPHIPOD; BIOINDICATOR; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; NEONATE; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; ECOLOGY; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FLUORESCENCE; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOLTING; MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMPHIPODA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORESCENCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR;

EID: 33947603887     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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