Chemical and ecotoxicological analyses of sediments and elutriates of contaminated rivers due to e-waste recycling activities using a diverse battery of bioassays

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2082-2090

  Wang, F ^a   Leung, A O W ^a   Wu, S C ^a   Yang, M S ^a   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Algal test; Crustacean test; Heavy metals; Metallothionein; Microtox Test; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITIES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALGAL TEST; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; CRUSTACEAN TEST; E WASTES; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICRO-ALGA; SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; SURVIVAL RATES; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; LEAD; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RECYCLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TESTING; ZINC;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CICHLID; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROALGA; PAH; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECYCLING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TILAPIA; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; HETEROCYPRIS INCONGRUENS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TILAPIA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 67349158285     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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