Toxicity testing of sediment collected in the vicinity of effluent discharges from seafood processing plants in the maritimes

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-396

  Lalonde, Benoit A ^a   Jackman, Paula ^a   Doe, Ken ^a   Garron, Christine ^a   Aubé, Jamie ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; SULFIDE;

AMPHIPOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAFOOD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; CANADA; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EOHAUSTORIUS ESTUARIUS; ESTUARY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SEDIMENT; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LETHAL DOSE 50; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; SULFIDES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BLACKS HARBOR; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EOHAUSTORIUS ESTUARIUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 63249085522     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9214-6     Document Type: Article

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