Effects of pulse duration and post-exposure period on the nitrite toxicity to a freshwater amphipod

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2005-2008

  Alonso, Álvaro ^a,b   Camargo, Julio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed mortality; Eulimnogammarus toletanus; Intermittent exposure; Invertebrate; Post exposure

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

AMPHIPOD; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; NITRITE; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TEST; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EULIMNOGAMMARUS TOLETANUS; FATALITY; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; NITRITES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EULIMNOGAMMARUS TOLETANUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70049113795     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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