Assessing the impact of chemical pollution on benthic invertebrates from three different European rivers using a weight-of-evidence approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 498-509

  Wolfram, G ^a   Hoss S ^b   Orendt, C ^c   Schmitt, C ^d   Adamek Z ^e   Bandow, N ^f   Grossschartner M ^a   Kukkonen, J V K ^g   Leloup, V ^d   Lopez Doval J C ^h   Munoz I ^h   Traunspurger, W ⁱ   Tuikka, A ^g   Van Liefferinge, C ^d,j   von der Ohe, P C ^f   de Deckere, E ^d  

^a DWS Hydro Ecology GmbH   (Austria)

^b Ecossa   (Germany)

^c Orendt Hydrobiologie   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j Agency of Nature and Forest   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Bioassays; Chemical pollution; Nematodes; Sediment quality triad (SQT); Weight of evidence (WoE)

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; NEMATODES; SEDIMENT-QUALITY TRIAD (SQT); WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE (WOE);

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALKYLPHENOL; ESTROGEN; HEAVY METAL; HERBICIDE; METHYLMERCURY; NONYLPHENOLPOLYETHOXYLATE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EMBRYO; FAUNA; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; EMBRYO; EUROPE; FAUNA; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS VARIEGATUS; MACROBENTHOS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCHAETA; PATAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

CATALONIA; ELBE BASIN; LLOBREGAT BASIN; SCHELDT BASIN; SPAIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84868013988     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.065     Document Type: Article

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