TNT leakage through sediment to water and toxicity to Nitocra spinipes

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-348

  Ek, Helene ^a   Nilsson, Eva ^a   Birgersson, Göran ^b   Dave, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2,4,6 trinitrotoluene; ADNT; Ammunition; Bioassay; Transformation

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER;

BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEAN; LEAKAGE; LIGHT EFFECT; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXICITY; TRANSFORMATION; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER QUALITY;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NITOCRA SPINIPE; NONHUMAN; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COPEPODA; NITOCRA SPINIPES;

EID: 34249719479     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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