DanTox-a novel joint research project using zebrafish (Danio rerio) to identify specific toxicity and molecular modes of action of sediment-bound pollutants

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 714-717

  Keiter, Steffen ^a   Peddinghaus, Sabrina ^a   Feiler, Ute ^b   von der Goltz, Britta ^c   Hafner, Christoph ^d   Ho, Ngo Yu ^f   Rastegar, Sepand ^f   Otte, Jens C ^f   Ottermanns, Richard ^e   Reifferscheid, Georg ^b   Strähle, Uwe ^f   Braunbeck, Thomas ^c   Hammers Wirtz, Monika ^e   Hollert, Henner ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Hydrotox GmbH   (Germany)

^e Research Institute for Ecosystem Analysis and Assessment (Gaiac)   (Germany)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Genomics; Sediments; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICITY;

EUROPE;

DANIO RERIO; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77956432881     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0221-7     Document Type: Article

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