Sediment-contact fish embryo toxicity assay with Danio rerio to assess particle-bound pollutants in the Tietĉ River Basin (São Paulo, Brazil)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1951-1959

  Rocha, Paula Suares ^a   Bernecker, Conny ^a   Strecker, Ruben ^a   Mariani, Carolina Fiorillo ^b   Pompĉo, Marcelo Luiz Martins ^b   Storch, Volker ^a   Hollert, Henner ^c   Braunbeck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Brazil; Danio rerio; Fish embryo; Pinheiros River; Sediment; Tiet River; Toxicity assay

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; FISH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSAFETY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; TERATOGENESIS; TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; TERATOGENS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; TIETE RIVER;

DANIO RERIO; IRMAOS;

EID: 80053131386     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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