Development of a harpacticoid copepod bioassay: Selection of species and relative sensitivity to zinc, atrazine and phenanthrene

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 363-371

  Stringer, Tristan J ^a,b   Glover, Chris N ^a   Keesing, Vaughan ^c   Northcott, Grant L ^d   Tremblay, Louis A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c BOFFA MISKELL LTD   (New Zealand)

^d THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^e CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copepod; Estuarine; New Zealand; Pollution; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; PHENANTHRENE; ZINC;

ATRAZINE; BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PHENANTHRENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TEST; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTUARY; HARPACTICOID COPEPOD; LIFE CYCLE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; QUINQUELAOPHONTE; REPRODUCTION; ROBERTSONIA PROPINQUA; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COPEPODA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LETHAL DOSE 50; NEW ZEALAND; PHENANTHRENES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

NEW ZEALAND;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; ROBERTSONIA PROPINQUA;

EID: 84860521664     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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