An integrated approach to the toxicity assessment of Irish marine sediments: Validation of established marine bioassays for the monitoring of Irish marine sediments

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1023-1032

  Macken, Ailbhe ^a   Giltrap, Michelle ^a,b   Foley, Barry ^a   McGovern, Evin ^b   McHugh, Brendan ^b   Davoren, Maria ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elutriate; Multi trophic battery; Porewater; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TESTING; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ELUTRIATE; MULTI-TROPHIC BATTERY; PORE WATERS; TETRASELMIS SUECICA; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT;

SEDIMENTS;

AMPHIPOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POREWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COASTAL WATERS; COPEPOD; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; DEVICE; ECOTOXICITY; ESTUARY; IRELAND; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TETRASELMIS SUECICA; TISBE BATTAGLIAI; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN [COUNTY DUBLIN]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE;

COPEPODA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; TETRASELMIS SUECICA; TISBE BATTAGLIAI;

EID: 51049110465     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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