The effects of sieving and spatial variability of estuarine sediment toxicity samples on sediment chemistry

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 448-455

  Fisher, D J ^a   McGee, B L ^b   Wright, D A ^c   Yonkos, L T ^a   Ziegler, G P ^a   Turley, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Chesapeake Bay Field Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SELENIUM; SULFIDE;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIEVING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TOXICITY TESTING; VOLATILIZATION; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLLUTANT;

BALTIMORE HARBOR; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; LEPTOCHEIRUS; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FILTRATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 7944235624     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-0221-3     Document Type: Article

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