Ecotoxicological assessment of industrial wastewaters in Trancão River Basin (Portugal)

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 466-472

  Picado, Ana ^a   Mendonça, Elsa ^a   Silva, Luis ^a   Paixão, Susana M ^a   Brito, Fátima ^b   Cunha, Maria Ana ^c   Leitão, Sara ^c   Moura, Isabel ^c   Hernan, Robert ^d  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b Instituto da Água INAG   (Portugal)

^c Instituto do Ambiente   (Portugal)

^d ENTERPRISE IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bioassays; DTA; Ecotoxicology; Wastewaters

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUID MECHANICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTING; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

ADDED VALUES; CHEMICAL EVALUATION; DAPHNIA; DECISION PROCESS (DP); DIRECT TOXICITY ASSESSMENT; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; EFFLUENT DISCHARGES; EU DIRECTIVES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; MICROTOX; PORTUGAL; POTENTIAL RISKS; RIVER BASINS; TEST BATTERIES; TOTAL EFFECTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SULFANILAMIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEAN; DISCHARGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RIVER BASIN; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DAPHNIA; DIRECT TOXICITY ASSESSMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; PORTUGAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRANCAO BASIN;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA;

EID: 47549111138     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20359     Document Type: Article

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