Influence of the salinity adjustment methods, salts and brine, on the toxicity of wastewater samples to mussel embryos

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Libralato, G ^a   Losso, C ^a   Avezzu F ^a   Volpi Ghirardini, A ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brine; Dry salts; Hotel domestic wastewater; Mytilus galloprovincialis bioassay; Salinity adjustment

Indexed keywords

BRINES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MOLLUSCS; SALTS; TOXICITY;

ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; BIOINDICATOR SPECIES; MARINE COASTAL WATER; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; SALINITY ADJUSTMENT; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TOXICITY OF WASTE WATERS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

EFFLUENTS;

SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; BRINE; DISCHARGE; EMBRYO; MOLLUSC; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PH; SALINITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 57449109831     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802505094     Document Type: Article

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