Chronic toxicity thresholds for sediment-associated Benzo[a]pyrene in the midge (Chironomus dilutus)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-378

  Du, Juan ^a,b,c   Li, Yanliang ^a,b   Huang, Z Charlie ^d   You, Jing ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d CDFW OSPR Scientific Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENZO[A]PYRENE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY SIZE; CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899473167     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-014-0005-y     Document Type: Article

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