Estuarine sediment acute toxicity testing with the European amphipod Corophium multisetosum Stock, 1952

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1323-1333

  Ré, Ana ^a   Freitas, Rosa ^a   Sampaio, Leandro ^a   Rodrigues, Ana Maria ^a   Quintino, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute bioassay; Amphipod; Corophium multisetosum; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; FLOODS; METABOLITES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REDOX REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPOD; COROPHIUM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTS; TOTAL VOLATILE SOLIDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTHRACENE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; LINDANE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PYRENE;

AMPHIPOD; BIOASSAY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SALINITY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ESTUARY; FLOODING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM MULTISETOSUM; CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SALINITY; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 68649125993     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.041     Document Type: Article

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