Toxicity of a secondary-treated sewage effluent to marine biota in Bass Strait, Australia: Development of action trigger values for a toxicity monitoring program

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 587-598

  Adams, Merrin S ^a   Stauber, Jennifer L ^a   Binet, Monique T ^a   Molloy, Robert ^b   Gregory, David ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Monitoring program; Sewage effluent; Toxicity identification and evaluation (TIE); Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEAWEED; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

MONITORING PROGRAMS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION (TIE); TOXICITY TESTING;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROWTH RATE; MACROALGA; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEAWEED; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE, BROWN; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; LARVA; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; VICTORIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BASS STRAIT; BOAGS ROCKS; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CHLAMYS ASPERRIMA; HORMOSIRA BANKSII; NITZSCHIA CLOSTERIUM;

EID: 46549088217     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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