Estimating the environmental impact of micro-pollutants in the low Ebro River (Spain): An approach based on screening toxicity with Vibrio fischeri

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 715-721

  Ocampo Duque, William ^a,b   Sierra, Jordi ^c   Ferré Huguet, Núria ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro River (Spain); Ecological risk assessment; Sediments; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

EBRO RIVER (SPAIN); ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ZINC;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SCREENING; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS; SPAIN; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 44149084164     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.03.055     Document Type: Article

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