Integrated ecotoxicological assessment of marine sediments affected by land-based marine fish farm effluents: Physicochemical, acute toxicity and benthic community analyses

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 996-1011

  Silva, C ^a,b   Yanez E ^b   Martin Diaz M L ^a   Riba, I ^a   Delvalls, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Amphipod survival; Aquaculture effluents; Benthic fauna; Microtox; Sea urchin larval development; Sediment organic enrichment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

ABUNDANCE; AQUACULTURE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHINODERM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ACIDITY; AMPELISCA BREVICORNIS; AMPHIPODA; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPOXIA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PH; PISCICULTURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTION;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARACENTROTUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER [ARIZONA]; UNITED STATES;

AMPELISCA BREVICORNIS; AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84880920222     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-013-1085-6     Document Type: Article

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