Weighing the evidence of ecological risk from PAHs contamination in the estuarine environment of Salina Cruz Bay, México

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 387-406

  Salazar Coria, L ^a   Schifter, I ^a   Gonzalez Macias C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Salina Cruz; Sediments; Weight of evidence analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; BROWN TROUTS; CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DRY WEIGHT; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; ETHOXYRESORUFIN O-DEETHYLASE ACTIVITIES; EVIDENCE ANALYSIS; OIL PROCESSING; OXYGENASES; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; OXYGENASE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROWN TROUT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; DRY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARY; FISH; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PLANT OIL PROCESSING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGY; HUMANS; MEXICO; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA; SALINA CRUZ BAY;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; PANAGRELLUS REDIVIVUS; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 76449098857     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0804-1     Document Type: Article

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