Use of exposure time and life expectancy in models for toxicity to aquatic organisms

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 245-249

  Connell, Des ^a   Yu, Jimmy ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Internal lethal concentration; Life expectancy; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC TOXICITY; BIOCONCENTRATION; INTERNAL LETHAL CONCENTRATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP);

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 46549084787     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.03.034     Document Type: Article

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