Evaluation of a new battery of toxicity tests for boreal forest soils: Assessment of the impact of hydrocarbons and salts

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 766-777

  Princz, Juliska I ^a,b   Moody, Mary ^c   Fraser, Christopher ^b   Van der Vliet, Leana ^b   Lemieux, Heather ^b   Scroggins, Rick ^b   Siciliano, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Invertebrates; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Plants; Soil ecotoxicology

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BOREAL; BOREAL FORESTS; BOREAL REGIONS; CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; CONTAMINATED FORESTS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; INVERTEBRATE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PLANT SPECIES; PLANTS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALT CONTAMINATION; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL INVERTEBRATES; SOIL TESTS; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STANDARD TESTS; TOXIC POTENTIAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMALS; CONTAMINATION; FORESTRY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL TESTING;

SOILS;

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABLE LAND; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOREST SOIL; GRASS; HERB; HYDROCARBON; INSECT; MITE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEST; TOXICITY TEST;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; BLACK SPRUCE; CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRODRILUS RUBIDUS; FOLSOMIA NIVALIS; FOREST SOIL; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OPPIA NITENS; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROISOTOMA MINUTA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; TREE; WHITE SPRUCE;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; INVERTEBRATES; PETROLEUM; PICEA; PINUS; POACEAE; SALTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS; TREES;

CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBONS; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; POLLUTION; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOXICOLOGY;

CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; DENDRODRILUS RUBIDUS; FOLSOMIA NIVALIS; INVERTEBRATA; OPPIA NITENS; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PROISOTOMA MINUTA; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS;

EID: 84858623766     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1744     Document Type: Article

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