An integrated approach to the toxicity assessment of Irish marine sediments. Application of porewater Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) to Irish marine sediments

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-106

  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

Microtox ; Sediment porewater; TIE; Tisbe battagliai

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; FREEZING; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; PHASE SEPARATION; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MICROTOX; SEDIMENT POREWATER; SODIUM THIOSULPHATE; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; TISBE BATTAGLIAI; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION;

TOXICITY;

EDETIC ACID; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ION EXCHANGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; POREWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CATION EXCHANGE; CHELATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FREEZING TOLERANCE; IRELAND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE;

COPEPODA; TISBE BATTAGLIAI;

EID: 57149116731     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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