Pyrene toxicity is affected by the nutrient status of a marine sediment community: Implications for risk assessment

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-43

  Petersen, Dorthe G ^a,b   Sundbäck, Kristina ^a   Larson, Fredrik ^a   Dahllöf, Ingela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Indirect effects; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Nitrogen cycling; Pyrene; Sediment

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PYRENE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PYRENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INCUBATION TIME; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; MACROFAUNA; MEIOFAUNA; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; EUKARYOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; PYRENES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 71749109939     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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