A test battery approach for ecotoxicological characterization of Mar Piccolo sediments in Taranto (Ionian Sea, Southern Italy)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Narracci, Marcella ^a   Cavallo, R A ^a   Acquaviva, M I ^a   Prato, E ^a   Biandolino, F ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corophium insidiosum; Ecotoxicology; Gammarus aequicauda; Toxicity test; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TESTING; TOXICITY;

COROPHIUM INSIDIOSUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA; TOXICITY TEST; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CADMIUM;

AMPHIPOD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COROPHIUM INSIDIOSUM; ECOTOXICITY; GAMMARUS; ITALY; MORTALITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; SEAWATER; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MAR GRANDE; MAR PICCOLO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TARANTO;

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COROPHIUM INSIDIOSUM; GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 58049160137     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0161-5     Document Type: Article

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