Use of the juvenile clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, as a sensitive indicator of aqueous and sediment toxicity

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-340

  Chung, Katy W ^a   Fulton, Michael H ^a   Scott, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chronic toxicity; Cadmium; DDT; Fluoranthene; Mercenaria mercenaria

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FLUORANTHENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SEA WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; CADMIUM; DDT; FLUORANTHENE; JUVENILE; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MARINE SPECIES; MERCENARIA; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CADMIUM; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORENES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MERCENARIA; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 34249751569     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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