Sediment toxicity in the St. Lucie River Watershed and Everglades Agricultural Area

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-274

  Rand, Gary M ^a   Carriger, John F ^a   Lee, Troy A ^a   Pfeuffer, Richard J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Resources Assessment Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA); Microtox BSPT; Sediment toxicity; South Florida; St. Lucie River Watershed (SLR)

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AZTECA; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3542998685     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECTX.0000023570.10555.49     Document Type: Article

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