Suitability of the marine prosobranch snail Hydrobia ulvae for sediment toxicity assessment: A case study with the anionic surfactant linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1303-1308

  Hampel, M ^a   Moreno Garrido, I ^b   Gonzalez Mazo E ^c   Blasco, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthos; Environmental risk assessment; Hydrobia ulvae; Linear alkylbenzene sulphonate; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; ANIONIC SURFACTANT;

BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SNAIL; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURFACTANT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; HAND WASHING; LARVA; LAUNDRY; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POWDER; RECORDING; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAILS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; MOLLUSCA; PROSOBRANCHIA;

EID: 64649098359     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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