Comparison of methods for evaluating acute and chronic toxicity in marine sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 933-944

  Greenstein, Darrin ^a   Bay, Steven ^a   Anderson, Brian ^b   Chandler, G Thomas ^c   Farrar, J Daniel ^d   Keppler, Charles ^e   Phillips, Bryn ^b   Ringwood, Amy ^f   Young, Diana ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^e MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Multiple species; Sediment toxicity; Sublethal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; MULTIPLE SPECIES; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SUBLETHAL TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPHIASCUS TENUIREMIS; AMPHIPODA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLAM; COPEPOD; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; EOHAUSTORIUS ESTUARIUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NEANTHES ARENACEODENTATA; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLLUTANT; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OSTREIDAE; POLYCHAETA; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIASCUS; AMPHIASCUS TENUIREMIS; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; EOHAUSTORIUS ESTUARIUS; LEPTOCHEIRUS; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NEANTHES; NEANTHES ARENACEODENTATA; OSTREIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 42049116735     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-285.1     Document Type: Article

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